Quotes About Democracy

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Equal rights should not be debatable and certainly should not be put to a vote of the people. Would we ask the electorate to vote on whether or not Catholics and Protestants should marry? Of course we would not.

Democratic debate must never end.

My father worked for more than four decades in politics, in Indian democracy, and it took us 20 years to build a house for ourselves.

In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.

I believe in decentralized democracy.

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

We believe in rule of law not rule by decree.

The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it's going to be under pressure.

The people are not defending political interests. They are defending the idea of living in a civilized country.

As somebody who has spent her entire adult life defending this country, I'd say defending our elections is a fundamental part of defending our democracy.

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

Americans like to say we're fighting for democracy, and yet young Americans have come to the view that democracy doesn't deliver.

When democracies don't deliver growth, alternatives seem more attractive.

Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.

Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.

Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

I want people to learn what democracy means.

We want democracy and peace.