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The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it…

— Wael Ghonim

Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for…

— Heinz Galinski

Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily defended and…

— Ludwig von Mises

It's hard in all countries. Democracy is hard, but it's better than the alternatives.

— Jamie Dimon

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it…

— Bill Moyers

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

I've made the comment that democracies work slower than dictatorships. That's a true thing.

— James Gosling

Democracy is worth having, but it's something that you have to work on, you have to fight for.

— Lloyd Austin

The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation…

— Carl F. H. Henry

“But there is another way to break a democracy. It is less dramatic but equally destructive. Democracies may die at the hands not of…

— Steven Levitsky

It 's really hard to impose democracy. It has to emerge naturally. You have to get out of the way and let it happen.

— Wesley Clark

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

— Harry S Truman