Democracy Quote by Alexis Tsipras Download Open image “Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.” — Alexis Tsipras ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Gave Greece Rest World
Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
“Athens, or Greece in general, was a virile world; like the Roman Empire. But I can't understand the idea that it is the greatest… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the United States… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny. As the… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“The history of ancient Greece showed that, in a democracy, emotion dominates reason to a greater extent than in any other political system, thus… — B.H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Topographic conditions were the foundation of Greek democracy, just as those of a different kind gave rise to the Oriental despotisms of Egypt and… — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
Greece is not the country which has occupied and illegally invaded and illegally occupied Cyprus. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
It is our duty to make a leap into the future, and I believe that we will make it. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years since 1989,… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
What, ultimately, is Greece if it is not the people who live in this country? It's not the mountains and the plains. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
The U.S. have printed money; they intend to tax the rich in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. These are things that sees anyone… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
The insistence of European leaders to austerity policies keeps the European economy strapped in stagnation. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
I'm of the opinion that Angela Merkel is a responsible politician, a politician who has a sense of responsibility for Europe and not only… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image