Margaret Thatcher Quotes

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is the curious sense which comes to us from time to time, that we belong to the whole, that a certain basic well being can never be taken away from us whatever the turn of fortune.

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it.

Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating.

Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and human rights. But often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

Obviously I prefer freedom, but I know, and I think all history has told us, that freedom cannot flow from anarchy and disorder.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.

Democracy is good for world peace.

In the end, democratic societies are stronger and more resilient than any autocracy. And more adaptable too.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

We need to get a stable Afghanistan that can ensure the security of Americans, Europeans, and others on the one hand, but more fundamentally our own democratic rights and institutions.

Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.

Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay on top of the issues of democracy and freedom.

I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.

I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything.

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

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