Top 1200 Parliamentary Democracy Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.

Admit that the press transferred the pontificate of Rome to Henry VIII-Admit that the press demolished in some sort the feudal system, and set the serfs and villains free; admit that the press demolished the monasteries, nunneries, and religious houses; into whose hands did all these alienated baronies, monasteries, and religious houses and lands fall? Into the hands of the democracy? Into the hands of serfs and villains? Serfs and villains were the only real democracy in those time. No. They fell into the hands of other aristocrats. . . .

In a democracy, you can be right and still lose power.

I have a lot of faith and confidence in Cuban democracy.

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

A robust democracy requires active participation.

I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

One person, one vote' is what democracy is supposed to be about.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.

An editor is the uncrowned king of an educated democracy.

Democracy must be our answer to terrorism

You cannot have a democracy without an informed people.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

Democracy is the most vile form of government.

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.

How can we speak of Democracy or Freedom when from the very beginning of life we mould the child to undergo tyranny, to obey a dictator? How can we expect democracy when we have reared slaves? Real freedom begins at the beginning of life, not at the adult stage. These people who have been diminished in their powers, made short-sighted, devitalized by mental fatigue, whose bodies have become distorted, whose wills have been broken by elders who say: "your will must disappear and mine prevail!"-how can we expect them, when school-life is finished, to accept and use the rights of freedom?

The human heart is the first home of democracy.

A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.

Democracy is self-creating coherence.

...to make the world safe for democracy.

Jeans represent democracy in fashion.

Democracy is good for world peace.

Protecting our democracy shouldn't be a partisan issue.

Democracy doesn't automatically safeguard women and minorities.

We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

Democracy provides the space for open criticism.

The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Democracy means decision by those concerned.

This is democracy: the citizens can vote anyone to power.

The fight for democracy relies on community support.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.

Democracy is not a commodity for import and export.

You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

Iggy. This is not a democracy," I said,(...)"It's a Maxocracy.

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

When are people going to learn? Democracy doesn't work.

The US States are our laboratories of democracy.

Representative democracy is in crisis in the United States.

Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.

Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

American democracy has two faces.

Oswald Mosley`s movement, it was a big movement. It was obviously anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, it was populist. Mosley wanted to replace the parliamentary system of government in Britain with a government that was based on business interests, that was based on the idea that business interests were the real interests of that country and business interests. and reorganizing the government to serve business interests, that would be a way to get stuff done faster and more efficiently.

The fight for democracy is a long-term battle.

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.