Democracy Quote by Rich Galen

All government is a mess. Democracy is always messy. It's meant to be messy because smooth, thoughtful, precise, effective government leads to dictatorship. Don't…

— Michael Capuano

Democracy is messy.

— Ted Lieu

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

Democracy is messy, clearly, but it has one key factor, which is an orderly transfer of power.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to…

— Atifete Jahjaga

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and…

— Ilka Chase

If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part. They have…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

— Wesley Clark

The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it…

— Wael Ghonim

I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes time. Yeah,…

— Mike Huckabee