Democratic Values Quotes

• I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Thinking, President

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• The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values.

  Tim Holden

  Attitude, Holocaust, Events

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• Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Teamwork, Helping Others, Democracies Have

  Benazir Bhutto (1989). “Speeches and Statements: Apr. 2-Nov. 14, 1989”

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• Values are most important. Democratic values have to be instilled from childhood and the child sees at an early stage in life in every situation in society.

  Ela Bhatt

  Children, Childhood, Important

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• The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.

  Narendra Modi

  Party, Optimistic, Bjp

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• If you were to ask me whether you need a dictatorship to run India, No, you do not. Whether you need a powerful person who believes in concentrating power, No, you do not. If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.

  Narendra Modi

  Running, Powerful, Believe

  "Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies'". Interview with Nancy Gibbs, Zoher Abdoolcarim and Nikhil Kumar, time.com. May 07, 2015.

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• If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Country, Heart, Humble

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• Our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond.

  Barack Obama

  Growth, Done, Unions

  "Obama: 'Special relationship is enduring'". www.telegraph.co.uk. June 25, 2016.

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• In our own country, we take democratic values seriously - and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That's part of the greatness of America, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

  Dick Cheney

  Country, Greatness, America

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• Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

  John O. Brennan

  Government, People, Office

  "Strengthening our Security by Adhering to our Values and Laws". John O. Brennan's Speech at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 16, 2011.

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• The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality and to spread the roots for the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and democratic values among different cultures, societies and traditions.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Men, Ideas, Roots

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• That is why I took up the gun - not to shoot, not to kill, not to destroy, but to stop those who would do evil, to protect the vulnerable, to defend democratic values, to stand up for the freedom we have to talk ... about how we can make the world a better place.

  Peter van Uhm

  Motivation, Inspiration, Gun

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• If you look at the India-US relationship for example, the role that the Indian diaspora has played in the relationship is extremely crucial. Yes, we share democratic values but there is also the great role that the Indian diaspora has played in strengthening the bond of friendship between India and the US, and of course in underscoring the democratic values between the two countries.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Two, India

  "Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies'". Interview with Nancy Gibbs, Zoher Abdoolcarim and Nikhil Kumar, time.com. May 7, 2015.

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• If you want to bring the people of this world together, you have to be willing to engage with countries that do not share our [western] democratic values.

  Herbert Hainer

  Country, People, Together

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The United States-Israeli relationship is based on the broadest conception of American national interest in which our two nations are bound forever together by common democratic values and traditions. This will never change.

  Colin Powell

  Two Nations, Israel, Forever

  McConnell Center Address on U.S. Role in Arab-Israeli Conflict, delivered 19 November 2001

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• Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert that religious faith necessarily upholds democratic values.

  Kenneth D. Wald

  Religious, Teaching, Historical

  Kenneth D. Wald, Allison Calhoun-Brown (2007). “Religion and Politics in the United States”, p.369, Rowman & Littlefield

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• If I have to describe the India-US relationship in a single word, I will say we are natural allies. I think the relationship between India and US, and the two countries in themselves, have played an enormously important role and continue to play an important role in strengthening democratic values all over the world.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Thinking, Play

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• We're gonna promote freedom. Usher in democratic values and ideals. And fight terror-loving terrorists.

  Tina Fey

  Fighting, Democratic, Terrorist

  "Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Katie Couric SNL Skit". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2010.

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