Democracy Quote by Mahathir Mohamad

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

— Anonymous

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

— Eskinder Nega

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the…

— Kofi Annan

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

— Eduardo Galeano

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive…

— Wei Jingsheng

Democracy requires you to learn how to lose as well as how to exercise power when you win. And that requires restraint all around.…

— David Frum

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.

— Condoleezza Rice

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

— Walter E. Williams

Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Democracy sometimes appears paralyzed by those who take advantage of its freedoms in order to abuse them for undemocratic ends.

— David Pryce-Jones

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker