- 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.
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- Long
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It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.
- Go
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Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.
- Control
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I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament.
- I Believe
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I believe that sovereignty is the twin sister of democracy. If there's no sovereignty, there's no democracy.
- People
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I'm a democrat. I will fight until the end to defend democracy and the will of the people.
- Political
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Was the Soviet Union reformable? I would say no. They said, 'Okay, the Soviet Union isn't working.' They would say, 'No, it's great. We just need democracy, political pluralism, private property.' And then there was no Soviet Union. The European Union is the same.
- Our
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We should not become so ashamed of the disappointments and travesties of democracy that we become ashamed of the idea itself. It is the outer reflection of our self-acceptance.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene. You have to make sure it's not the law of the jungle but the laws of democracy that works.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.
- Freedom Of Expression
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We live in a democratic country, and I take great pride in saying that I'm from India, a country where democracy is worshipped and freedom of expression is part and parcel of any person's fundamental right.
- Good Works
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Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
If democracy is finished, all is lost.
- Fight
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Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an Indian, and I know what India is. I know Indian culture. I know Indian constitution and democracy.
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- Nov 07, 2020