Quotes about Democracy

48 quotes about Democracy

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should...

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about democracy

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require...

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about democracy

The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about democracy

The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about democracy

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the...

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about democracy

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against...

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted...

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy

One should, therefore, in the interests of democracy...

One should, therefore, in the interests of democracy itself seek to substitute the doctrine of the right man for the doctrine of the rights of man.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy

To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.

Quote by Joe Baca about democracy

Bataille is associated with the surrealists. Basically...

Bataille is associated with the surrealists. Basically the idea is that democracy doesn't work. Communism doesn't work.

Quote by Kathy Acker about democracy

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the...

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Quote by Lord Acton about democracy

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Quote by John Adams about democracy

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, ...

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Quote by John Adams about democracy

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Quote by George W. Bush about democracy

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of...

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Quote by Winston Churchill about democracy

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