Democracy Quote by Maysoon Zayid Download Open image “If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.” — Maysoon Zayid ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Elect Longer Party Power Religion
We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise. — Abdolkarim Soroush Copy Share Image
Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
If any party fights the election on the basis of religion, it will not succeed. — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it cannot be… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Democracy is the worst kind of government, I'm sorry. Would you still call yourself a Christian if they elected a new Jesus every four… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
Democracy and religion stand or fall together. Where democracy has been destroyed, religion has been doomed. Where religion has been trampled down, democracy has… — Herbert H. Lehman Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to represent all Muslim women. I'm trying to give voice to the silent majority. Unfortunately, I'm a bit loony. — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
As far as characters that are written as Muslims, we're only seeing one dimension. It's either the good Muslim who is helping the FBI,… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
When I ask people what they think of when they hear the term 'cerebral palsy,' I usually get one of two responses. They either… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
My friend and I founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival to counter the negative images of Arabs in media. And we always made… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment. — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
The Palestine I know is a place where Christians and Muslims are equal. My mother, a Muslim village girl, attended a Catholic girls' school… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
I shake all the time. It's exhausting and causes chronic pain in my joints and muscles. It is also the only life I have… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
I have to tell you, it's very boring, but before I did yoga, I was a stand-up comedian who can't stand up. And now… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
I think that social media has really empowered bullies because you get to do it from the comfort of your own home, completely anonymously,… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you. — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
As a comedian, Trump is comedy gold, and he almost makes my job too easy... the stuff that comes out of his mouth is… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
In 2006, I hung out with The Carter Center as they monitored the Palestinian elections. Nobody thought Hamas would win. Hamas did not think… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image