Business Quote by Gavin Esler

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

— Mahathir Mohamad

People are yearning for a politics that tells it straight: that being in government is difficult, that there are tough decisions that we have…

— Hilary Benn

Governments can't escape from taking tough steps. One can't be populist about it. You can't flirt with such serious issues like security.

— Amit Shah

Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.

— Barack Obama

Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished…

— Samuel P. Huntington

It's hard in all countries. Democracy is hard, but it's better than the alternatives.

— Jamie Dimon

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and…

— Ilka Chase

Democratic governments are not delivering on their promises, which is partly due to the fact that governments are less powerful than they were after…

— Mary Robinson

Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free…

— Kofi Annan

Democracy is hard work.

— Barack Obama

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

— Al From

Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.

— Sharan Burrow