Blackmail Quote by Philippe Val

In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a…

— George W. Bush

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

— Samantha Power

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

— Jalal Talabani

“on Democracies: "there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies…

— James Madison

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they…

— James Madison

Democracies are not very stable.

— Rush Limbaugh

A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and…

— James Madison

We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its…

— Deeyah Khan

You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is…

— Donald Rumsfeld

Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclude…

— Amos Elon

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Growing terrorism, permissive societies, democracy collapsing through lack of law and order. If things continue on their present track, the disintegration of Western societies…

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi