Democracy Quote by Chalmers Johnson

There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born, there was…

— Tony Benn

As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The…

— Chalmers Johnson

The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world is not…

— Bob Avakian

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.

— Che Guevara

Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.

— Lech Walesa

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

— Felix Morley

How do you have a democratic empire, how do you have an imperial foreign policy built on a democracy polity. It's like some sort…

— Mark Danner

“Being a nation means standing up to your equals, whereas being an empire only means kicking your inferiors.”

— G.K. Chesterton

Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources…

— John T. Flynn

“A democracy cannot rule an empire. Neither can one man, though empire may appear to presuppose monarchy. There is always an oligarchy somewhere, open…

— Ronald Syme

Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer-space.

— Wole Soyinka

Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism…

— Thomas Sankara