(1280 quotes found)
“I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.”
Alexander Woollcott
“I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by it's system of credit...[] We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world, NO longer a Government by free opinion, NO longer a Government of conviction and vote of the majority, but, a Government by opinion and the duress of a small group of dominant men.”
Woodrow T. Wilson
“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.”
Aristotle
“The first principle of democratic government: Respect the people.”
George Marek
“The United States and NATO are committed to supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iraq.”
Adam Ereli
“What Malta needs with increasing urgency is a new breed of politicians who appeal, not to electoral fears, but to electoral hopes and aspirations.”
J. G. Vassallo
“Governments (derive) their just powers from the consent of the governed”
Thomas Jefferson
“Democracy needs accountability. And its needs transparency, with Parliament playing the role of watchdog.”
JG Vassallo
“Democracy is not a quick fix, and you need to have civil society in place for [elections] to work. Unfortunately, it didn't. It backfired.”
Abraham H. Foxman
“It's a setback for peace and a victory for terrorism. The U.S. policy has always been to promote democracy and fight terrorism. This raises the question of whether you can do both simultaneously. If you don't eliminate terrorism first, you get what we got today.”
Abraham Foxman
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