Quotes About Democracy

The Americans I know are not willing to abandon our police and our great Democratic experiment to the pathetic cowardice - or worse - of the progressive Left.

Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the Ford Foundation, or 'The Nation' magazine - you need progressive institutions, you know what I mean? Those are important institutions to make sure that the government functions.

We have to continue our progressive struggle and defeat the conspiracies of dictatorship.

We are a democracy: there are enough checks and balances in our country, and we have an impeccable record of not contributing in any way to nuclear proliferation.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law.

My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping for larger privileges for the growing family of children, they brought them to the New World, the world of many intellectual as well as material advantages.

Given that the reality of Brexit has turned out to be so far from what was once promised, the democratic thing to do is to give the public the final say.

What does that mean for a society, for a democracy, when the people that you elect on the basis of promises can basically suborn the will of the electorate?

China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.

I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For me, this is bigger than basketball.

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.

The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government.

The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.

After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

Never may a man prone to believe scandal be a despot or a popular leader! Under his guidance, democracy itself will be despotism.

We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.

When America's Newspaper of Record is nothing but a propaganda ministry, what is America?

When you get back control of your country, you get proper democracy. You get back proper debate.

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.

Access to justice is a fundamental part of a properly functioning democracy.