Emile Lahoud Quotes

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

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

No new state is ever fully ready for independence ..

We can not want Democracy more than they [the Iraqis] do and expect to succeed.

I'm not going to impose my vision on the people of Puerto Rico.

Belize is not ready for self-government.

Hong Kong is not an independent entity... and cannot decide, on its own, its political development.

Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their affairs, running of their government, and this is very legitimate.

Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.

There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own.

The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.

We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

Creating a nation requires the will of the people!

The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans.

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

The test of a good colonial policy is that it shall prepare colonies for independent self—government.

We do well in a country where people determine their own future. We suffer then there are dictators.

Democracy should be home grown.

If you give people an opportunity for self government and freedom, most people will reach for freedom

The principle of "the consent of the governed" is distinctly American and should be our world-wide slogan.