Democracy Quote by Nick Clegg Download Open image ““In a mature democracy, the winner simply cannot take it all.”” — Nick Clegg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy
“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 Copy Share Image
“Voting isn’t the most we can do, but it is the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one. Still,” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Democracy is like a great play. It lasts more than one act. You must be patient,” — Michael Dobbs Copy Share Image
“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see in democracy?” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Democracy is a treasure which no one will ever discover by deliberate search. But in continuing our search, in laboring indefatigably to discover the… — Christopher L. Hayes Copy Share Image
A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Politics is the only realm where adults, ironically, vote to become immature children and elect their parents.” — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with the kids, so… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax. — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to write the… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can get lost… — Nick Clegg 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