Rory Stewart Quotes

He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.

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

Voting rights matter. They are a major part of who we are as Americans.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA. I have seen the strength of democracy. If there were no democracy then someone like me, Modi, a child born in a poor family, how would he sit here? This is the strength of democracy.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule.

Democracy is an insecure landscape.

If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything.

Democracy is a series of choices.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

I insist that people - wherever they live - have their rights and they must be able to fight for them.

It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.

It's hard in all countries. Democracy is hard, but it's better than the alternatives.

Democracy is good for everybody.

Democracy is the right choice and is the greatest form of government ever created.

The struggle for democracy has to be maintained on as many fronts as culture has aspects: political, economic, international, educational, scientific and artistic, religious.

From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything is discussed in our world. But the democratic system, as if it were a given fact, untouchable by nature until the end of time, we don't discuss that.

Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn't immediately make life better.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.