Karen Hughes Quotes

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

There is nothing left for Mankind but a Republic.

Democracy is more than just election day.

We have been with democracy for over 200 years and from time to time we find that we have not perfected it.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government.

Democracy is like a street car. You get off when you reach your destination.

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.

I like the noise of democracy.

Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.

Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.