Democracy Quote by Bashar al-Assad

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first…

— Bashar al-Assad

We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are…

— Colin Powell

I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.

— Tariq Ali

Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.

— Tariq Ali

...the West has its share of liars and poseurs, the ablest of whom congregate in government.

— Ilana Mercer

In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really…

— Nirmala Srivastava

The West is supporting, even financing the right-wing media, it is financing 'the opposition', encourages capital flight of billions of dollars, works closely with…

— Andre Vltchek

I think that in the West, many citizens, especially younger citizens, take their freedoms and institutions for granted and focus on their frustrations with…

— Kofi Annan

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is…

— Richard Gere

In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they…

— Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

As with much of the world's problems, they become public--or much more of interest--the moment they begin to impact the West.

— Chris Abani

There's one other interesting thing about Western democracy. It didn't arrive at the end point that Karl Marx thought it would that wealth would…

— John Shelby Spong