LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.

The virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is the right choice and is the greatest form of government ever created.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

We will never resolve serious national problems with this irresponsible democracy.

I cut my teeth as a journalist writing about societies that didn't have democracy.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.

For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy.

The voice of the people may be said to be God's voice, the voice of the Panchayat.

But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice.

Liberal democracy is in regression all over the world, and it's a dangerous thing.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.

Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.

The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.

It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit.

Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.

If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?

Capitalism has defeated communism. It is now well on its way to defeating democracy.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.

The fear is that we'll move in the direction from being a democracy to an oligarchy.

Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?

The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities.

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

In our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government.

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.

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

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.

Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy.

The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.

growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.

When it comes to the news, the corporate view is `objective,' all else is propaganda.

The Russian people deserve free and fair elections. They deserve to have a democracy.

Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

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