Rory Stewart Quotes

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

I believe that every member [of Congress] ought to be equal in fact, no less than in theory.

Believing in and practising the principles of the rule of law is, with our liberty and democracy, among the most powerful weapons we have. It is less effective if we blur its clarity and we should do this as sparingly as possible.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.

Democracy is in the blood of Musalmans, who look upon complete equality of manhood [mankind]…[and] believe in fraternity, equality and liberty.

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

We are here to advance the cause of women and to advance the cause of democracy and to make it absolutely clear that the two are inseparable.

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy.

We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.

The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins with us.

For no country is a true democracy whose women have not an equal share in life with men, and until we realize this we shall never achieve a real democracy on this earth.

Democracy is a universal value

Democracy is good for world peace.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

Democracy is good for everybody.

Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing.

You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.