Emily Thornberry Quotes

We have to protect our democracy.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

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

This is one of the finest expressions of U. S. democracy at work.

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

Citizens everywhere should be able to choose their leaders in climates free of fear.

If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

I'm passionate about parliament democracy.

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

If you value the democratic process, you have to value the protection of political speech.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Democracy fascinates me.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

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

As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.