Democracy Quote by Stefan Heym

If we had had time and the occasion to develop a new socialism in the GDR, socialism with a human face, with democracy, this…

— Stefan Heym

Even in West Germany in the beginning, people wanted a kind of socialism.

— Stefan Heym

You must have, if socialism was to succeed, a socialism with lots of democratic elements in it.

— Stefan Heym

Believe me, National Socialism would not be worth anything if it were to be confined to Germany and did not secure the rule of…

— Adolf Hitler

This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could…

— Gustav Stresemann

Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.

— Wen Jiabao

I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.

— Joachim Peiper

All that socialism means to me, to be very frank with you, is democracy with a small 'd.' I believe in democracy, and by…

— Bernie Sanders

There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.

— Rosa Luxemburg

We are seeing now that without the contribution of the Social Democrats, Germany cannot be governed. We are a proud and self-confident party. We…

— Martin Schulz

The Popular Unity government represented the first attempt anywhere to build a genuinely democratic transition to socialism - a socialism that, owing to its…

— Salvador Allende

I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined…

— Karl Popper