Believe Quote by George W. Bush

The stakes are high in politics.

— Michael Portillo

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

— Samantha Power

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

The smaller the stakes, the pettier the politics.

— James Lindast

There is an error common to both oligarchies and to democracies: in the latter the demagogues, when the multitude are above the law, are…

— Aristotle

The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set…

— Barack Obama

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

The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.

— Molly Ivins

Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.

— Tadashi Yanai

Lynch mobs are democracies.

— Neal Boortz

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on…

— Bruce Bueno De Mesquita