Jim DeMint Quotes

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.

Men may die, but the fabric of free institutions remain unshaken.

A people may be unprepared for good institutions; but to kindle a desire for them is a necessary part of the preparation.

A republican is someone who defends public institutions and democratic values, someone who is a defender of public life, someone who respects the principles of liberty, so in that sense we are very calm and at ease.

All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

The days of the revolution now give place to the period of regular organization, liberty, and prosperity, which that revolution guarantees. Thus, when everything concurs for the pacification of internal troubles, the threats of the enemies of France must, in the face of the public happiness, appear even to themselves insensate.

Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years.

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working.

If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty.

India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable.

The western mindset erroneously equates a political system of multi-party democracy with high-quality institutions... the two are not synonymous.

It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.

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

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

Democracy must first be safe for America before it can be safe for the world