Behind closed doors Quote by Damon Keith

Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.

— Damon Keith

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they…

— James Madison

Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.

— Richard A. Clarke

People who hand over democracy in exchange for economic security end up losing both things.

— Eduardo Bhatia

If democracy is finished, all is lost.

— Mamata Banerjee

Democracies are not very stable.

— Rush Limbaugh

“This is how we tend to think of democracies dying: at the hands of men with guns.”

— Steven Levitsky

Democracies stand on several key pillars: Free and fair elections, human rights, the rule of law, and a free untrammeled media. Until 2016, an…

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.

— Marian Wright Edelman

The dictatorship is shut up, democracy is always concerned.

— Woody Allen

Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office

— Mohamed Nasheed

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.

— Hillary Clinton