Democracies Quotes

143 quotes by 118 authors

Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each… — Benazir Bhutto
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — Anatole France
What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less people… — Ivan Krastev
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more… — Michio Kaku
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion. — Noah Feldman
Jews have not only become equal citizens in Western democracies, they have become leading citizens. And, of course, the reestablishment of the State of Israel… — David Novak
Democracies do not go to war. War is not our expression of thought. — Asif Ali Zardari
The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the Chinese government does… — Peter Singer
One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their associates. Victims cry… — Stephen Kinzer
The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using means that are… — Michael Ignatieff
We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and… — Kay Bailey Hutchison
I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy… — Arthur Henderson
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit… — James F. Cooper
Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war. — Adam Schiff
As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to… — Aleksandr Lebed
Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do.… — James Buchan
For many centuries Chinese society has been free of class distinctions such as are found even in advanced democracies. — Chiang Kai-shek
All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or… — Aldous Huxley
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What… — Demosthenes

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