Quotes About Democracy

I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government they want.

India is the world's largest democracy and everyone should have a right to voice their opinions.

My family, my friends, we live in a democratic country and people have the right to express their opinions.

If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That's what modern authoritarians do. You lie. All the time. Then, you say it's your opponents and the journalists who lie.

You don't have to go and criticize your opponents, how bad they are and so on. It is a contest of ideas. I got my ideas, you got your ideas right. We will let Singaporeans decide.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

I do think a healthy opposition is very necessary in a democracy.

Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

We want to show Singaporeans that if you vote in an opposition party, it doesn't mean your town is going to descend into chaos.

If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won't have anyone to hold them accountable.

The opposition believes that we should allow people to vote without even showing a shred of identification. Canadians disagree.

Optimists - people who believe in Britain, who believe in democracy - they're the people I believe who will vote for us to leave and take back control.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves.

I well remember a leading Egyptian liberal saying to me in 2003 that she did not favor free elections right then in Egypt; she favored them in a decade's time if she and others had those 10 years to organize freely.

The things that I was building on originally for the defense of our democracies had been completely inverted to really, in my view, attack our democracies.

I don't care if you're Democrat. I don't care if you're Republican. We need to make sure that, you know, people in other countries don't have any impact on our elections.

Living in America means enjoying freedoms that people in many other countries cannot.

Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics.

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic like we are.