Vladimir Putin Quotes

I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.

I think democracy is a universal idea and I think letting people rule themselves happens to be something that serves America and America’s interests.

Democracy is a process that doesn't march in lock step.

Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.

If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote.

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.

It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

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.

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.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.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 or Anti-Democracy

America is essentially and radically a democracy, not in name merely but in deed.