Democracy Quote by Condoleezza Rice

If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this…

— Angela Merkel

“The paradox of democracy is that its stability is born of its openness to upheaval through elections, legislation, and social action. Disruption is built…

— Condoleezza Rice

“Revolution - In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“In the last decade, we lost the idea of what a democracy means. We were faced more and more with inaction on key issues…

— Phil Mitchell

When a mob of institutions decides there is only one way forward, democracy loses meaning.

— Anna Paulina Luna

Struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy.

— Hillary Clinton

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

— John Dewey

“There is no failure, just the gradual process of success.”

— Ilchi Lee

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for…

— Jimmy Carter

“In practice the democratic ‘revolutionary’ type of discipline is more reliable than might be expected.”

— George Orwell

“Parties do not lead revolutions. They follow them. And then only when forced to.”

— Joe Bageant

“For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond wisely to…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin