Causes Quote by Boutros Boutros-Ghali

The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or…

— Rory Stewart

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

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

— Benazir Bhutto

Democracy is good for world peace.

— Manmohan Singh

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

— Barack Obama

Our yearning for democracy is accompanied by a no less profound yearning for peace. And the media also faced the task of historical engineering…

— Noam Chomsky

As an ultimate objective, "peace" simply means communist world control.

— Vladimir Lenin

Our aim is a democratic peace.

— George W. Bush

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the…

— Dalai Lama

Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.

— Condoleezza Rice

For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to…

— Olof Palme

Winning peace means the triumph of our pledge to establish, on a democratic basis, a new social framework of tolerance and generosity from which…

— Federico Mayor Zaragoza