Characteristics Quote by Rigoberta Menchu

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

— Anonymous

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the…

— Isaac Asimov

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

— Aristotle

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment.

— Aristotle

...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the…

— Isaac Asimov

Democracy needs to be nurtured and treated with care.

— Frank Lowy

Democracy is the healthful lifeblood which circulates through the veins and arteries, which supports the system, but which ought never to appear externally, and…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the…

— Michelle Bachelet

The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense…

— Henry Giroux

For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to…

— Olof Palme

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

— Ferdinand Marcos

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive…

— Wei Jingsheng