Democracy Quote by Nayef Al-Rodhan

“The only realistic way to change things is direct participation in democracy.”

— Jón Gnarr

“Democracies can't function if their citizens don't strive, at least some of the time, to inhabit a common space, a space where they can…

— Anonymous

“Change the world, give a chance and stay on your principles..”

— Shahid Islam

“We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if the large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“I am of opinion that a central administration enervates the nations in which it exists by incessantly diminishing their public spirit.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“In practice the democratic ‘revolutionary’ type of discipline is more reliable than might be expected.”

— George Orwell

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.”

— Edward Luce

“Policy may involve politics but, principle is principal.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“A democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.”

— Pope John Paul II

It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact…

— Dominic Grieve