Frank Lowy Quotes

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

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

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

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

If you can exchange information freely, isn’t that almost a definition of democracy.

Elections alone will never be enough to ensure good governance.

Democracy is not like a pizza where you can order out and have it brought in. Democracy is more like a tree. You have to plant it and care for it.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Democracy is a means of achieving a higher level of individual and collective gratification, welfare, peace, stability and prosperity. It is not an end in itself! Practitioners of democracy in the Pacific should therefore be pragmatic in their approach. An idealistic and a purist approach is, I believe, misplaced.

A democratic home is the foundation of a democratic state.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.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 a process. It is never finished.