Democracy Quote by Peter Bichsel

The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the…

— Jean Ziegler

The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances…

— Jean Ziegler

We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!

— Nigel Farage

“Federal Switzerlandization would be a huge step backwards for Germany. Two”

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

[T]he Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are parttime positions. Most decisions are made…

— Mary Ruwart

“The only democracies left in continental Europe were the tiny neutral states of Sweden and Switzerland, both dependent on German goodwill.”

— Tony Judt

“The principle of the national state, that is to say, the political demand that the territory of every state should coincide with the territory…

— Karl R. Popper

The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The Fayyad cabinet may well be the best the Palestinians ever get. But whatever its good qualities, there is no democracy.

— Elliott Abrams

I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society.

— Tzipi Livni

We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal, and this is the position of all the European Union.

— Federica Mogherini