Dmitry Medvedev Quotes

Democracy is liberty plus economic security. We Americans want to pray, think as we please—and eat regular.

My grandfather wanted to remind us that freedom of expression is the fundamental ingredient for democracy, and all the rest is detail. It is the scaffolding around which every other freedom is based.

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

The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.

Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

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

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.

If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.

No Arab in the Arab world enjoys the civil freedoms that the Arabs in Israel enjoy.

The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.

Pakistan is a democracy. We cannot do anything against human rights.

Only a well fed, well housed, well schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

If any country wants to develop, it must practice democracy. If I look around the world, I see that the prosperous countries practice democracy.

We completely uphold the right of freedom of assembly. But there is always that important balance between security and freedom of expression in countries undergoing circumstances like ours.

Within the United States, we have put great emphasis upon political freedoms. Because it has been our experience that these freedoms can lead to others.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.