Democracies Quote by Tony Judt

I am sure 2017 will be the year the people of continental Europe wake up.

— Marine Le Pen

Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after the war.

— Anonymous

People feel that European institutions are remote and bureaucratic, run by shady cosmopolitan elites. Britain is not absolutely exceptional because if you look at…

— Timothy Garton Ash

In politics continental Europe was infantile - horrifying. What America lacked, for all its political stability, was the capacity to enjoy intellectual pleasures as…

— Saul Bellow

Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and…

— William J. Clinton

What other, newer democracies find relatively easy - conducting an election, the counting of votes, the peaceful transition of power - seems to have…

— Barkha Dutt

Israel is one of the greatest and most modern democracies on the planet.

— Matteo Salvini

It is a law of governance that democracies have to spend themselves dizzy. Citizens of democracies can, after all, tell their government to give…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free…

— Kofi Annan

Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if only some…

— Jonathan Capehart

All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

— George Lucas

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots.…

— Demosthenes