Democracy Quote by Hubert H. Humphrey

“Defending democracy" also sounds fine; but to defend democracy by military means, one must be militarily efficient and one cannot become militarily efficient without…

— Aldous Huxley

Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy.

— Octavio Paz

The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard democracy, you…

— Narendra Modi

The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.

— Tommy Douglas

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division;…

— Anonymous

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise…

— Poul Henningsen

The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or…

— Rory Stewart

“And who are its enemies? It always appears that they are not only those who attack it openly and consciously, but those who ‘objectively’…

— George Orwell

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it…

— Lee H. Hamilton

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 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