Democracy Quote by Joe Chung

One doesn't want one's democracy to behave like a dictatorial or fascistic police. One doesn't.

— Tom Stoppard

“Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves populated with…

— Oliver H. Woshinsky

Authoritarianism doesn't fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in like a…

— Joy Reid

I've never known a country to be starved into democracy.

— George Aiken

Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being…

— Ivan Krastev

History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled,

— Ron Paul

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting…

— Ross Kemp

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

— Jalal Talabani

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

— Alexander Lukashenko

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

— Helen Gahagan Douglas