Ahmed Nizif Quotes

… a near revolutionary change in the democratic process

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

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

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

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

Progressive change in this country has never come from above.

Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.

Democracy is a process. It is never finished.

Democracy does not mean perfection. It means a chance to fight for improvement.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

We are at a point where democracy—the idea and practice of people controlling their lives—is a revolutionary issue in the United States.

Democracy in a nation of 300 million people can be noisy and messy and complicated. And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy. That's just how it is.

Democracy is a process that doesn't march in lock step.

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

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

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.