Frans Timmermans Quotes

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

I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.

I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy.

A democratic nation needs a democratic history.

A democratic society cannot tolerate mob rule.

How can you ever ensure that you will get a beneficent dictator?

Not all countries are ready for it [democracy].

Democracies stand on several key pillars: Free and fair elections, human rights, the rule of law, and a free untrammeled media. Until 2016, an open media was seen as a resilient democratic pillar that supported the others.

I probably will not live to see Turkey become an exemplary democracy, but I pray that the downward authoritarian drift can be stopped before it is too late.

I think good governance and good politics can go together.

In a functioning liberal democracy, we cannot normalize political violence.

What I find very painful are all these charges that democracy is really shaken in Poland, that we have been switching into some authoritarian regime.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

There is a real and evident problem of democracy in Georgia, and this was the core reason of my entrance into politics. We have no rule of law. It's absolutely absent.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.