Abuse Quote by David Pryce-Jones

Democracy is a bundle of rights and freedoms wrestled from the powerful. Our rulers only surrender their power when compelled to - when the…

— Owen Jones

Democracy is indispensable, not because it renders superfluous the conquest of political power by the proletariat, but, on the contrary, because it makes this…

— Rosa Luxemburg

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

People can go to the extreme like what we saw during the Cultural Revolution. For instance, in China, when people take everything into their…

— Donald Tsang

Democracy is a life, and involves continual struggle.

— Robert M. La Follette, Sr

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the…

— Karl Marx

Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily defended and…

— Ludwig von Mises

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

— Eskinder Nega

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

— Peggy Noonan

Democracy requires you to learn how to lose as well as how to exercise power when you win. And that requires restraint all around.…

— David Frum