Quotes About Democracy

I want a European future where we extend and reinforce peace and prosperity to the east, a future where workers are better protected and inequalities reduced, where our energy and lifestyles are clean and green, where democracy is enhanced, where taxes are paid and corporations play by fair rules.

Having the reins of governance, power and political influence within one family will shatter the idea of equal opportunity to all, which is the basic concept of democracy.

Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to wealth or birth or religion.

Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home.

Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the major international question was the relation between Islam and democracy.

The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot be treated as an afterthought in our relations with great powers.

The plain Canadian fact is that relative to other Western democracies, the U.S. in particular, there isn't much difference between our two main political parties.

Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that only those who are born in a place or who adopt its citizenship can hope to understand.

You want young people to vote, make Election Day a national holiday.

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.

We are being held hostage by the people we elect.

However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system.

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.

All those who talk about democracy, freedom, and the rule of law, of human rights, of the fight against corruption are, I believe, important allies.

So, I'm a big believer in democracy and human rights.

Public opinion exists in any nation, but in our democracy it has a special power. The Revolution in America transformed it and gave it its modern significance.