Dalai Quote by Dalai Lama

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic…

— Dalai Lama

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best…

— Herbert Croly

To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy.

— George Bernard Shaw

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy

You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.

— Bashar al-Assad

Remember that a civilized nation cannot just have one party; if there were only one party, this would merely be a dictatorship. Politics could…

— Sun Yat-sen

We don't want to govern the country without democratic institutions.

— Jovenel Moise

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

Running a democratic country is one of the most difficult things for any government.

— Mahathir Mohamad

If you have reservations about the system and want to change it, the democratic argument goes, do so within the system: put yourself forward…

— J. M. Coetzee