Abdoulaye Wade Quotes

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

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

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.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

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

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

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

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.

They which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy.

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

Democracy is not majority rule but rule by public opinion.

A democratic state must feel before it can see; that is what makes it slow to act. But the people, at last, will be right.

Above all, democracy means pluralism.

A republic—if you can keep it.

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

Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.

Self-proclaimed saviors and other outliers come and go throughout our political history. Occasionally, they're successful; most times, they're not. But the system has rebalanced toward the basic principles of tolerance, freedom and democracy that were set forth by the Founders.

However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.

I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.

Democracy is a gleaming Excalibur - let's not use it just to mend the toaster.