Jacques Chirac Quotes

Obama is cutting back on the idea that we're going to have Jeffersonian democracy in Pakistan or anywhere else.

It is important to remember there still exist other forms of government in the world today, and that dozens of foreign countries still long for a democracy such as ours to be imposed on them..

It's great that we're bringing democracy to Iraq. I can't wait to see how we do it! What are we gonna do, give them our civics textbooks?

We're not going to spread democracy at the business end of a M16 held by a 23 year old Marine.

Political preemption in the form of democracy promotion will be as important as the capacity for military preemption.

We cannot impose democracy where it has no constituency.

It is overly optimistic to think that we can take a country that has emerged from under a totalitarian regime with its institutions of civil society and create a beacon of democracy within five years. If we try to transform Iraq into a democracy, we will need more and more troops over time because we will have to quell nationalistic revolts.

Preemption, democracy promoting and nation building have all been sullied by association by association with the War in Iraq.

The concepts of "democracy promotion" and "transformational diplomacy" pursued by the George W. Bush Administration conditioned interstate relations on altering any system of government that did not match Washington's understanding of democracy.

We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq.

The United States armed forces and coalition troops deserve recognition and support for their work to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and ensure the safety and security of the American people, civilians abroad, and the people of Iraq.

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships.

We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been true to that calling and helped spread freedom to oppressed peoples everywhere.

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.

It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991.

I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard to do. It took a long time. There were significant costs involved.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.