Chen Shui-bian Quotes

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

Where nationalism is the main issue, the demand for democracy always takes second place.

We're a robust democracy here. That's the wonderful thing about this country.

I'm going to try and make people realize that in order to live the life they are living, they need to have democracy, and it's being threatened.

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

Every voter in Ukraine should have their say on the future they want for their country.

We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.

U.S.A. is the speech of the people.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it.

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Only freedom can make security secure.

I think democracy is a universal idea and I think letting people rule themselves happens to be something that serves America and America’s interests.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

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

A free People will be showing that they are so, by their Freedom of Speech