The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy. – Tommy Franks
We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we’re doing it, is teach and learn. – Stanley Fish
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. – Woodrow Wilson
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – William J. Clinton
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. – Stephen Kinzer
For us to become a nation, everyone – including Arabs, Druze, ultra-Orthodox and new immigrants – must feel that they belong. Their success is extremely important to us. If they succeed, they will come to understand the advantages of democracy and freedom. – Stef Wertheimer
I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad. – Tariq Ali
Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness. – Thomas Mann
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. – Taslima Nasrin