Quotes by Democracy Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. Albert Camus majority democracy law Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. Albert Camus cynical democracy political The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out of it. Albert Einstein democracy political thinking What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy. Alberto Fujimori recovery progress democracy I am thankful for our democracy, liberty, and prosperity, and that so many Americans have dedicated their lives to improving our country and our world. Alcee Hastings our-world democracy country Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy. Aldous Huxley democracy powerful enemy All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time Aldous Huxley democracy important long Cuba is not like bourgeois democracy the ones that imposes the blockade to make Cuba change. We have direct elections. Here they put people on a list and then tell the people supposedly what they have done so they can be elected. That is the difference and why we say our democracy is truly participatory and popular. Alejandro Castro Espin democracy differences people How is it possible that a process can be democratic when it comes by way of money? If there is money then it can be elected a senator, it can be elected a representative. Do you know how much it cost to be elected president of the United States? The amount has reached, billions of dollars, 2 billion, 3 billion, 4 billion dollars, that's how much a presidential campaign costs. How much does a senatorial campaign cost? It costs 80 to 90 million dollars; or the campaign of a representative, 40 to 50 million. Is that really a democracy? Alejandro Castro Espin presidential democracy doe In Cuba, we have a democracy that represents the humble, the dispossessed, those who make up the vast majority of the population. It is for those who carry the main weight of society's load in matters of the production of goods and services. These are not the ones that live from financial speculation. Alejandro Castro Espin population democracy humble We have a complete respect for history, we respect the experiences of other countries and we have our own, but the truth is that if the Cuban revolution had not been a democracy it would not have survived. Alejandro Castro Espin revolution democracy country In Cuba, our experiment is not the best democracy and should not be a reference to anybody elses, it is ours. It has worked for us and the clearest evidence that our democracy has worked is that there is a revolution that has continued after a half century of facing down the most powerful empire. This has not happened many times in history. Alejandro Castro Espin democracies-have democracy powerful I have a lot of faith and confidence in Cuban democracy. Alejandro Castro Espin cuban democracy I have always insisted on the need for local self-government for Russia, but I never opposed this model to Western democracy. On the contrary, I have tried to convince my fellow citizens by citing the examples of highly effective local self-government systems in Switzerland and New England, both of which I saw first-hand. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn citing western democracy I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home. Alex Garland democracy paper home Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers. Alex Gibney sneakers democracy fundamentals Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system. Alex Tabarrok democracy ideas thinking Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy. Alexander Fraser Tytler democracies-have democracy government If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy. Alexander Hamilton monarchy democracy too-much The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny. Alexander Hamilton democracy practice age «1234567891011»