Democracy Quote by Richard Holbrooke Download Open image “Elections are rarely perfect.” — Richard Holbrooke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Elections Perfect Rarely
Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable! — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is… — Joseph Kabila Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians. — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
None of the candidates are ever perfect, ok? Then you have to get them in there and you have to hold them accountable. You… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly. — Avi Rubin Copy Share Image
In any election, it's important that the public perceives that the election is held fairly. — Avi Rubin Copy Share Image
It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be foreordained, a… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
The United States supports the reintegration of people who have fought with the Taliban into Afghan society provided they: one, renounce al Qaeda, two,… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
You will never catch up with the spread of AIDS no matter how much money, no matter how many antiretrovirals are put into the… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
