Democracy Quote by Robert Rinder

“Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.”

— Thomas Sowell

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation…

— Corazon Aquino

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

— Lord Hailsham

Freedom of expression is actually a way for people to know themselves better, and to understand themselves better. Because without it, you become a…

— Lucien Bourjeily

In our Constitution, it is said that we have freedom of speech and freedom of expression. In my mind, unless that freedom is total,…

— Akshaye Khanna

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

— Liu Xiaobo

Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held…

— Felix Frankfurter

The constitutional right of free expression... is designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the decision as…

— John Marshall Harlan II

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

— Salman Rushdie

Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.

— Alastair Farrugia

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

— Mohammed Morsi

“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength…

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt