Quotes About Democracy

The Internet is changing the way we think of our relationship with government; it has the potential to bring to life what Abraham Lincoln said about the presidency being an instrument of the people.

As president of the National Assembly, I am fully able and willing to assume the office of the presidency on an interim basis to call for free and fair elections.

President Trump is committed to democracy and rule of law in our hemisphere.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, is a true populist; Senator Bernie Sanders, the former U.S. presidential candidate who campaigned for Hillary Clinton after losing his battle for the Democratic Party's nomination, is not.

The closely divided presidential election of 2000 - in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by the slimmest of margins in Florida - forever implanted the divide between red states and blue states in our political consciousness.

I head a nation of a million presidents.

I think that social media platforms and technology have been the accelerator for the push for the populist-style administrations in democratically elected presidents.

Elected presidents are for countries.

I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

A free press needs to be a respected press.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press.

The back and forth between the press and government is essential to any good democracy.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

In any country, governance issues are there. Challenges are there, pressures are there. When multi-party coalitions take decisions, sometimes delays will be there. But that is what democracy is: it is beauty or it's challenge.

Let's not pretend we have too much of a democracy here, because we don't.

To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

There is a danger in democracy itself.

In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.

Populism is dangerous.