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Democracy is messy, clearly, but it has one key factor, which is an orderly transfer of power.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

“In almost every detail, when one examines it closely, it is not Democracy which makes the system work, but the Individual democrats who, in…

— G.M. Mes

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

— Wesley Clark

“It was easy to speak theoretically and idealistically about politics when one is seeking power. The demands of exercising it once it is won,…

— Jon Meacham

Democratic government is difficult. It is much more difficult than populists claim. It's not like running a business or a police force. It demands…

— Gavin Esler

But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those…

— Frank Carlucci

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.

— Peggy Noonan

“So take something that's been happening in recent years: devolution―that is, removing authority from the federal government down to the state governments. Well, in…

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

— Anonymous

People can go to the extreme like what we saw during the Cultural Revolution. For instance, in China, when people take everything into their…

— Donald Tsang

Democracy on a supranational level is simply impossible. In order to have democracy, there needs to be a nation.

— Geert Wilders