Kersti Kaljulaid Quotes

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.

I want people to learn what democracy means.

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Getting involved in politics was a quest for freedom.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

Economic democracy and political democracy are like two legs of a person. They must go side by side…. Once people know about their rights and claim their rights, nothing is going to stop them.

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth ought not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration.

Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody's business. They granted that the government could protect the citizen in his right to vote, but they denied that the government could do anything to protect the citizen in his right to work and his right to live…. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.

The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.

Throughout the world, and in all ages, freedom has advanced with every increase in the ratio of wealth to population....

Let the People Rule!

Too many people fought too hard to make sure all citizens of all colors, races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities can vote to think that not voting somehow sends a message.

It has taken centuries to create the freest, fairest, most prosperous societies in the world, and there have been lots of studies about this.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

Freedom possesses many meanings. It speaks not merely in terms of political and religious liberty but also in terms of economic and social progress.

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.