Democracy Quote by Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Democracy is messy.

— Ted Lieu

Genuine democracy is frequently messy, not stage-managed.

— Owen Jones

All government is a mess. Democracy is always messy. It's meant to be messy because smooth, thoughtful, precise, effective government leads to dictatorship. Don't…

— Michael Capuano

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and…

— Ilka Chase

Democracy is messy. It is messy whether you've been doing it since 1789 or whether you're going to do it for the first time…

— Rich Galen

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

Democracy is not perfect.

— Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

There is no doubt our democracy can be very messy and America does remain a sharply divided country.

— Paul Ryan

Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what…

— Frank Gehry

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

— Aung San Suu Kyi