Democracy Quote by Reuven Rivlin

We want Israel as a democratic and Jewish state. So you have to maintain a Jewish majority, and you want to do that by…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

If the choice is one-state, Israel can either be Jewish or Democratic. It cannot be both.

— John F. Kerry

Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's…

— Bayard Rustin

Israel is the only democracy in this part of the world.

— Ariel Sharon

We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy - not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values.

— Tzipi Livni

If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.

— Hillary Clinton

I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish democratic state - and we…

— Ehud Olmert

So Israel won't be a democratic state, so what.

— Sheldon Adelson

Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on…

— Barack Obama

If you want to be a Jewish state and you want to remain a democracy, you have to have a two-state solution.

— John F. Kerry

“The litmus test of any democracy is the level of tolerance it is willing to extend towards the minorities living in it. In this…

— Ilan Pappé

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.

— Jack Schwartz