Democracy Quote by Park Yeon-mi

I've never known a country to be starved into democracy.

— George Aiken

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused to participate…

— Kerry Kennedy

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

— Pete Domenici

Democracy is just a word when the people are starving.

— Immortal Technique

I lived in countries that had no democracy... so I don't find myself in the same luxury as you do. You grew up in…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

— Ann Richards

I do not believe in democracy, but I am perfectly willing to admit that it provides the only really amusing form of government ever…

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

— Anthony Kennedy

Without democracy in our homes, we will never have it in the world.

— Roseanne Barr

You cannot have a democracy without an informed people.

— Helen Thomas

I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.

— P. J. O'Rourke

You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we…

— Indira Gandhi