Combat Quote by A. J. Muste

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive…

— Wei Jingsheng

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the…

— Kofi Annan

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.

— Anonymous

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

— Anonymous

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker

Democracy, like love, can survive almost any attack except neglect and indifference.

— Vikrant Parsai

“Nonviolent struggle both requires and tends to produce a loss (or greater control) of fear of the government and its violent repression. That abandonment…

— Gene Sharp

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

— C. V. Wedgwood