Quotes About Democracy

In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to.

Hate numbs the judgment, paralyzes the vitals of democracy.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the genre of reality like it's television from the devil, and that's something that I don't like because I think everybody should watch what they like. It's a free world. It's a form of democracy. If you like it, watch. If you don't like it, don't watch.

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

People have to remember that the armed forces do as democratically elected governments tell them to do. They don't arbitrarily go into countries and kick off. These are decisions that are made by our politicians.

The essence of democracy is that you can kick people out.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

In an election, there are no kings.

We can never allow people who use nondemocratic means, people who use violence instead of arguments, people who use knives instead of debates, we can never allow them to set the agenda.

Domestically, a lot of people think Xi Jinping is becoming Mao Zedong. By giving Hong Kong democracy, people would look at them as enlightened leaders.

I am a pro-democracy activist asking for free elections in Hong Kong.

We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is different to mainland China. We protect our freedoms. We ask for free elections to elect the leader of our city.

We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong.

Carrie Lam is not the leader elected by people of Hong Kong.

What the Labour movement is about is a broad mass of people actively engaged in a democratic process.

Our challenge is to restore both trust in Labour as a party of government and trust in democracy as the best means of delivering what the public wants.

Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the peoples body.

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.