Democracy Quote by Robert Kagan Download Open image “I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.” — Robert Kagan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Despite Left Obstacles Optimistic Russia Taken
The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Russian people chose democracy at the beginning of the 1990s and this was their final choice. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
Democracy means the power of the people and the possibility of influencing the governing parties. Russia had had enough experience with a one-party-system -… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey,… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I regret that I had to leave my country. But I had to do it in order to achieve and decide my own fate.… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
I'm very disappointed by the mature-democracy countries. I was ousted by a coup d'etat. — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
We had in the West a very romantic vision of Russia back in 1991, when the Soviet Union died and whatever is Russia began… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
I was sent to Russia in 1994 by the Clinton administration to meddle in Russian elections and stayed seven years doing it. — Michael Caputo Copy Share Image
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end.… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
“Americans, in foreign policy, are torn to the point of schizophrenia. They are reluctant, than aggressive; asleep at the switch, then quick on the… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
“Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.” — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between… — Robert Kagan 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
