Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn’t. – Bill Moyers
When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy. – Corazon Aquino
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards. – Aeschines
Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others. – Ali Abdullah Saleh
But democracy isn’t a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. – Antonio Tabucchi
I’ve always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma. – Aung San Suu Kyi
Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It’s basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it’s wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore. – Bill Gates
We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now? – Abu Bakar Bashir
The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about. – Barbara Lee
There should be a democracy of voices in literature. There are people who live with a kind of striving and with a certain kind of tenderness – it’s not an unusual thing – and maybe that’s not written about enough. – Anne Michaels
Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region. – Annette Lu
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. – Charles B. Rangel
The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don’t. – Byron Dorgan
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament. – Bob Brown
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear. – Alan Coren
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way. – Carlisle Floyd
In a democracy there are only two types of power: there’s organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren’t organized. – Benjamin Todd Jealous
Taiwan’s democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States. – Annette Lu
America’s corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they’re privatizing democracy. All the benefits – the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. – Bill Moyers
People have the right to protest – that’s what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights. – Condoleezza Rice