Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

Democracy cannot be created out of thin air

Massachusetts we look at as the home of liberal democracy. In the 16th century, it was the home of repressive theology.

Can it be believed that the democracy, which has overthrown the feudal system and vanquished kings, will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists?

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

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

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.

Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Kids automatically teach each other how to use technology, but they're not going to teach each other about the history of democracy, or the importance of taking their voices into the public sphere to create social change.

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

My message is that Democracy is not an alien invention. It is a way of solving problems in our society.

Democracy is a revolutionary process.

Our elite has not evolved in 20 years, and the instincts of this elite are not democratic.

Once confined to a handful of wealthy countries, it [democracy] became, in a short period of time, the most popular political system in the world. In 1900, only 10 countries were democracies. By mid-century, the number had increased to 30…. By 2005 fully 119 of the world’s 190 countries had become democracies.

We live in a scientific revolution. In such an epoch of revolutionary change, those who identity laissez-faire with liberty are enemies, however unwitting, of democracy

Hillary Clinton is the problem; she is not the solution to Donald Trump. We are the solution. We are the ones we've been waiting for. This is our moment. Together, we do have the power to create an America and a world that works for all of us.

I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.

Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy in a long time.

Democracy is a gleaming Excalibur - let's not use it just to mend the toaster.

In countries where democracy is either non-existent or in development, on the other hand, citizens crave those freedoms. Maybe that is one lesson Western citizens can learn from those countries: treasure what you have. Use your rights and freedoms to effect the change you want.

Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.