Change Quote by Octavio Paz

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard democracy, you…

— Narendra Modi

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise…

— Poul Henningsen

Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy.

— David Mixner

The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.

— Tommy Douglas

“Defending democracy" also sounds fine; but to defend democracy by military means, one must be militarily efficient and one cannot become militarily efficient without…

— Aldous Huxley

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it…

— Lee H. Hamilton

The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will…

— Ludwig von Mises

Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.

— A. J. Muste

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy

As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division;…

— Anonymous