Richard N. Haas Quotes

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

We need to learn democracy. Everything takes time.

Above all, democracy means pluralism.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy.

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.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

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

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

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

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.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.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 still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

Democracy is a value in itself. It doesn't have to be defended [justified] any more than freedom has to be defended.

What we are seeing here is democracy in action.

Democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason not authority.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

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

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 messy.

The development of democracy is very much a matter of education and of progressing step by step.