Democracy Quotes

The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.

I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system?

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg.

My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.