Democracy Quote by Condoleezza Rice

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

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

— George W. Bush

If there is one conclusion to which human experience unmistakably points it is that democratic ends demand democratic methods for their realization.

— John Dewey

Democracy must be internally generated. You cannot force it from the top - it's not going to work.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of…

— Eli Pariser

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

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

— Peggy Noonan

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors.History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the…

— Rudy Giuliani

I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing…

— Anonymous

Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in…

— Matt Taibbi

There are a lot of problems with democracy. We need to think about how to find the people most qualified for the job.

— Frankie Boyle