Democracy Quote by Tariq Ali Download Open image “Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.” — Tariq Ali ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Enthusiasm Opposed Those
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't… — Martin Firrell Copy Share Image
I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Democracy is a process - it's not an end state, and our democracy continues to evolve, and sometimes we go backward. — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop… — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In a way,… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
When a country is invaded and attacked and people resist it's important to speak up and to say they have the right to resist… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I think another crisis, which is being predicted now and which will be worse than what we saw in 2008, could bring the European… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The European Union is effectively a union dominated by the German political and economic elite. Its main function is to serve as a nucleus… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
One could think of ways to defeat the censor. I could put up the answers on my Facebook page or website or Counterpunch. In… — Tariq Ali 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