Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani Quotes

No country is free unless it is democratic.

From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.

On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.

Democracy is very powerful but very fragile.

Resistance to absolutism is characteristic of democratic progress.

If you have an election no mater how free, if you do not have a government that respects people’s rights, you don’t have a democracy.

Not all countries are ready for it [democracy].

Macau is democratic and free enough.. it's prosperous enough. Why do people need to do this?.

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

Taiwan is democratic.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

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

It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

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

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

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

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.