America Quote by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

— Peter Camejo

I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.

— Madeleine Albright

The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.

— Ahmed Chalabi

Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.

— Dinesh D'Souza

It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

— Silvan Shalom

We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite honestly.

— Vladimir Putin

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have…

— Jim Talent

Will Iraq be a democracy? The question is, 'Will America be a democracy?'

— Howard Zinn

Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't…

— Ramsey Clark

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

— Colin Powell

If democracy is based on the people why force it [on Iraq]

— Loesje

One thing is clear: The Iraqi people are showing incredible courage. The United States of America must understand that it's in our interests that…

— George W. Bush