Paul Kagame Quotes

Historically, cohesive political parties have been the glue that enables democratic political systems like ours to make the decisions needed to govern.

Africa must develop a genuine culture of alternation and opposition, without which democracy in any country, including the West, cannot exist.

In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.

The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins with us.

The will of the people shall be the law of the land

There must not be a party monopoly on power.

Democracy is good, provided the government can function.

It is not healthy to have a country governed by just one political party. There should be other political families taking part in government.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete.

France has had socialist presidents on and off since the 1920s, and it remains a free country. Socialists have ruled in many South American countries without ushering in disaster.

There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.

One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.

We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

First, only a stable government can do good for the nation and deliver development. By stable government, I mean one with a full majority. Then, only a strong leader can resolve the problems of the people.

The BJP has decided that politics is for values and ideals, and for this, an age limit has been decided. I think that for democracy and for political parties, this is a good indicator. It will be good if all the political parties adhere to this, thereby strengthening India's democracy.

On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract."

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

I loved the old government in 1861. I loved the old Constitution yet. I think it is the best government in the world, if administered as it was before the war. I do not hate it; I am opposing now only the radical revolutionists who are trying to destroy it. I believe that party to be composed, as I know it is in Tennessee, of the worst men on Gods earth - men who would not hesitate at no crime, and who have only one object in view - to enrich themselves.

Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay on top of the issues of democracy and freedom.

No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural offspring of freedom.