Country Quote by Richard Gere

“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”

— Colum McCann

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

— William Glasser

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

— Tony Blair

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We…

— Chinua Achebe

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

— David R. Brower

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we…

— William Glasser

You know, the fact is that if we haven't got democracy, we have dictatorship. That is never the answer.

— Lindsay Hoyle

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.

— Paulo Coelho

In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

We have a huge struggle for our sense of what a democracy is. We're not living in reality when we think we have some…

— Louise Erdrich

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

— James Bryce

Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.

— Dan Millman