Democracy Quote by Sergey Karaganov

I know very well that the political classes have spread fear among the electorate: Without the euro, the sun will cease shining, the rivers…

— Marine Le Pen

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

— George W. Bush

We live in an age of de-democratization. The number of democracies in the world has been going backwards since 2005, and even many existing…

— David Frum

Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are seeing that…

— Miguel Gomes

Our democracy has been around far longer than European democracy.

— Hillary Clinton

“Without a sharp turnaround toward democracy and equality in the United States, Europe will be virtually alone in its commitment to social democracy. The…

— Steve Brouwer

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

— Klemens von Metternich

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very…

— Peter Singer

Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into…

— Mark Mazower

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life…

— Catherine Ashton

It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news…

— John Paul Jones

Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies have been,…

— Ivan Krastev