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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
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.
- Demolished
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2010, the Spanish constitutional court annulled a large part of the Catalan statute of autonomy negotiated between Catalonia and the previous prime minister, Jose Luis Zapatero. This demolished one of the main agreements achieved during the Spanish transition to democracy - Catalonia's recovery of self-governance.
- Mature
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
- Commune
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
- Catastrophic
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the belief of more ordinary liberals who want, say, Medicare for all - is a politically dying force. Democrats who aren't yet sick of all their losing should feel free to embrace them both.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
- Bring
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- Nov 07, 2020