Lucy Powell Quotes

This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.

The so-called Arab Spring has proved that the fall of a Mubarak-like presidency does not mean the immediate rise of democracy. In spite of this, I am confident that Egypt will not return to an authoritarian governing system again, and that, with some time, it will achieve its democratic goals.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

Mexico has experimented with political change since the late 1980s.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education, then upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

The peaceful path out of totalitarianism has never been tested.

Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people

We are not a democratic country, but we are progressive on various issues, on women and on what I would call tolerance. The government emphasizes prosperity over political development. We think 20 percent politics/80 percent development, and I think that is healthy.

Economic development is a great pacifying force.

It has taken centuries to create the freest, fairest, most prosperous societies in the world, and there have been lots of studies about this.

For development, peace is essential.

We stand with the government and people of Afghanistan in their quest for peace, stability and prosperity.

We work together. No one is more important than the other. We are all Zimbabweans. We want to grow our economy. We want peace in our country.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

The degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity.