Born Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

— Hugo Chavez

Democracy is not perfect.

— Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Democratic institutions, even in the oldest operating democracy in the world, are anything but perfect.

— David Remnick

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.

— Edmund Burke

It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position…

— Alexander Hamilton

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

— John F. Kennedy

Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything is…

— Simin Behbahani

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is…

— Winston Churchill

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

— John F. Kennedy

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

— Antonio Tabucchi