- 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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- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The western mindset erroneously equates a political system of multi-party democracy with high-quality institutions... the two are not synonymous.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
- Nov 07, 2020
But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our nation was not founded because we all looked alike, or prayed alike, or descended from the same family tree. But our founders, in their genius, in this, the oldest constitutional democracy, put forth on this earth the idea that all are created equal; that we all have inalienable rights.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
- Who
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020