- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy Quotes
On civic duty, accountability, and defending democratic ideals.
These quotes treat democracy as something requiring active maintenance, from elections as the basic tool for keeping leaders answerable to broader concern about democratic accountability eroding over time. Explore Democratic quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in decentralized democracy.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
If multilateral institutions cannot bring about peace and the rule of law because of the vested interests of their members, then both national democracy and global governance will continue to be rocked by crises.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of faith.
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
- Charter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S.-led western alliance, while acting as an advocate of democracy, rule of law and human rights, is acting from the opposite position, rejecting the democratic principle of the sovereign right of states enshrined in the U.N. Charter and trying to decide for others what is good and what is bad.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no better form of government than democracy.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
The unending chase for money, I believe, threatens to steal our democracy itself. I've used the word 'corrupting,' and I want to be very clear about it: I mean by it not the corruption of individuals, but a corruption of a system itself that all of us are forced to participate in against our will.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.
- Enrich
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- Nov 07, 2020