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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about prejudice

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about chance, leadership, being, people

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about force, country, power

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about leadership, question, faith, light, people

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

Quote by Gerry Adams about leadership, time

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

Quote by Gerry Adams about purpose

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

Quote by George W. Bush about peace, dignity, nation, woman, man

The democratic principle of the country is rushing to recognise Croatia before they've even resolved any problems there. We should sort it out at home first.

Quote by Sean Connery about principle, problems, home, country

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.

Quote by Sean Connery about bad, people

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, judges, people, public, rightness, good, good luck

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

Quote by Orhan Pamuk about country, future, being

What I've brought is a democratic view.

Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about democracy

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about politics, example, world, society

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Quote by Friedrich Engels about state, nothing

We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.

Quote by Kurt Vogel Russell about democracy, question, society

The principle of democratic guvernment is liberty.

Quote by Aristotel about liberty, principle, politics