Country Quote by Joseph Kabila

The father of democracy is Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister after our independence, who was assassinated under conditions that to this day nobody…

— Joseph Kabila

All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

— George Lucas

Haiti is back on the path to democracy.

— Jovenel Moise

Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.

— Eduardo Galeano

In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not so many…

— Evo Morales

Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy.

— Juan Bosch

Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion.

— Howard Zinn

“Is our democracy in danger? It is a question we never thought we’d be asking. We have been colleagues for fifteen years, thinking, writing,…

— Steven Levitsky

“The most effective way to revive democracy is to do what we have always done; transfer decision-making from the unaccountable institutions: monarchs, priestly castes,…

— Aaron Nordquist

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

— John Adams

Gandhi is the other person. I believe Gandhi is the only person who knew about real democracy — not democracy as the right to…

— Vandana Shiva

It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself…

— George W. Bush