Paul Wolfowitz Quotes

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

... a cure for the evils of universal democracy.

The most profound argument for democracy is its faith in man.

Democracy can be noisy and messy. But it works.

The real strength of the democratic theory in opposition to the fascist or communist is that the fascist frankly states that certain people will tell other people what they shall do to be happy, and those other people have little or nothing to say about it. In theory the communists were to do everything in common, in practice a small group there also tells other people what they shall do to achieve their objectives. So far more nearly than any other form of government, the democratic form has allowed people to shape their own government

The people must have the opportunity to vote for the liberation from slavery and blackmail imposed by technocrats in Brussels to return sovereignty to the country.

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

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

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

We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.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 not imperialism… Imposing democracy is an oxymoron ….You can’t have democracy instantly.

A radical ... and revolutionary ... attack upon the fundamental basic principle of representative democracy for free people.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of the matter.

No man is good enough to govern another without the other man's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet anchor of American republicanism. … the just powers of governments are derived from the consent of the governed.

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

Where there is only a national representative government without local self-government, there is no liberty as we understand it

The people, have chosen to be governed under such and such principles. They have not chosen to be governed or proposed to submit upon any other.

Democracy is the best revenge.

We can not want Democracy more than they [the Iraqis] do and expect to succeed.

If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.

The Americans are the first people whom heaven has favored with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing forms of government under which they should live.

The United States supports the idea that every people should have the right to make a free choice as to the kind of government they want.