Nancy Snow Quotes

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it.

Democracy is something more, vastly more, than a mere form of government by which society is restrained into free and orderly life. It is a moral entity, a spiritual force, as well. And these are things which live only and alone in the atmosphere of liberty.

Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.

Where nationalism is the main issue, the demand for democracy always takes second place.

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.

No democracy pretends to be a tyranny. Most tyrannies pretend they are democracies. Democracy remains the definition of political legitimacy.

If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.

We have to move back to the idea that education isn't about teaching people to bow to rigid rules. That's not what democracy is about.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Empire and liberty.