Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Quotes

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those rights and speak out and hold people in power in check.

If I were to say anything to people I may say people should vote for those who are respectful to democracy, rule of law, who get on well with people.

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

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

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

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

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

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal.

Free integral elections should be guaranteed, where values of justice and rule of law also prevail.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.

Democracies stand on several key pillars: Free and fair elections, human rights, the rule of law, and a free untrammeled media. Until 2016, an open media was seen as a resilient democratic pillar that supported the others.

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

There is a cost for democracy. It is worth the cost when it comes to opening up access for voters.

We should not become so ashamed of the disappointments and travesties of democracy that we become ashamed of the idea itself. It is the outer reflection of our self-acceptance.

This power of democracy is a matter of pride for our country, something which we must always cherish, preserve and further strengthen.

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.