Democratic Country Quotes

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Winston Churchill

Funny, Trust, Witty

Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1079, RosettaBooks

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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

Ambrose Bierce

Gun, Lunch, Democracies Have

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Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

Jay Griffiths

Voting, Democracy, Vote

"Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Freedom

'The Soul of Man under Socialism'

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When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

Harry S. Truman

Leadership, Party, Government

"The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

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Of the people, by the people, for the people.

Sun Yat-sen

4th Of July, Patriotic, Democracies Have

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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

Nancy Pelosi

Country, Technology, Iraq

"Where Bush got his marching orders" by Jack Ammann, www.cnet.com. October 16, 2004.

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We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

Al Gore

Country, Wmd, Mass Destruction

Gore speech, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 23, 2002.

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The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.

Walter Ulbricht

Peace, Thinking, People

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In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do not threaten to kill their enemies, but only to starve them.

Bertrand Russell

Country, Exercise, Organization

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Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.

William J. Clinton

Country, War, Rights

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In a democratic country, when a man is accused, he's accused from a document issued by the public attorney.

Jacques Verges

Country, Men, Democratic

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In any democratic country you have more than one view.

Shimon Peres

Country, Views, Democratic

"Q & A with Israel President Shimon Peres". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

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I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be hardly any common action at all. So they mend many more ills than they cause.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Country, America, Would Be

Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

Dalai Lama

Country, Thinking, Littles

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International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples

Henri La Fontaine

Country, Hymns, Shepherds

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No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Country, Peace, War

Alexis de Tocqueville (2001). “Democracy in America”, p.268, Penguin

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Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood.

Malala Yousafzai

Daughter, Mother, Country

"Malala Yousafzai: 'Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons'". Speech at the United Nations, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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In England it is bad manners to be clever, to assert something confidently. It may be your own personal view that two and two make four, but you must not state it in a self-assured way, because this is a democratic country and others may be of a different opinion.

George Mikes

Country, Clever, Self

George Mikes (1986). “How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide”, p.43, Penguin UK

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Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. In democratic countries knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Mother, Country, America

"Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book Two, Chapter V, 1840.

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No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor.

Amartya Sen

Country, Independent, Democratic

"Development as Freedom". Book by Amartya Sen, 1999.

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In view of Chinas growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asias permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies.

Jim Costa

Country, Military, Views

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If in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to establish a higher political life than the people themselves crave.

Jane Addams

Country, People, Political

Jane Addams, Jean Bethke Elshtain (2002). “The Jane Addams Reader”, p.17, Basic Books

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From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

Dalai Lama

Country, Opportunity, America

Source: www.kpbs.org

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In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is less rich than his father was, and he fears that his sons will be less rich than himself.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Country, Father, Son

Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). “Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II”, p.463, Bantam Classics

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