Democracy Quote by David Lidington

Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward…

— Vladimir Voinovich

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.

— Jack Kemp

Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies.

— Nicholas Bloom

I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments…

— Daniel Fried

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first…

— Bashar al-Assad

Russia despises the West. And is doing what it can to weaken the West.

— Daniel Fried

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

— Alexei Navalny

No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey,…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Soviet transition to a new political structure shows that the Soviet strategists are thinking, planning and acting in broad terms, way beyond the…

— Anatoliy Golitsyn

What [Russians] want to do is undermine the Western liberal order.

— Daniel Fried

Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.

— Pat Buchanan