Robert Casey Quotes

We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.

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

Democracy is a process. It is never finished.

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

A democratic crisis can only be settled by more democracy.

People don't understand democracy here. They think it simply means disobedience to the authorities.

In a democracy we assume that people can define their own interest and vote that way.

Let The People Rule

A democratic government must always be left free to be operated upon by the will of the majority of the time being. All that the government of the day can do is to ascertain what now appears to be the best principle.

The most profound argument for democracy is its faith in man.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

Democracy is a revolutionary process.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

Democracy can be noisy and messy. But it works.

Popular sovereignty is relatively easy to establish; the other component of democracy, liberty, is far more difficulty to secure.

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.

We believe that when there is a democratic setup, we have a greater voice.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.