Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

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

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

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

The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.

Democracy is not about one party dominating.

All of my novels are democracies.

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

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

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Democracy is like sex. When it is good, it is very, very good. And when it is bad, it is still pretty good.

A radical ... and revolutionary ... attack upon the fundamental basic principle of representative democracy for free people.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

The wastes of democracy are among the greatest obvious wastes, but we have compensations in democracy which far outweigh that waste and make it more efficient than absolutism.

Democracy is a fickle employer.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

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

Democracy is not majority rule but rule by public opinion.

Where the government is a government of the people, it is essential that the history be a history of the people. The history of a democracy ought not to be an Iliad.

Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.

I consider that, in a democracy, everyone has the right to decide. If people don't have the right to express what they feel, we would be going back to a bygone era.

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