Timothy D. Snyder Quotes

There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

I have a lot of respect for countries where the practice of democracy is highly developed. I think, however, that each country has to have its own specific features of democracy.

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy.

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

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed.

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

Democracies do not begin and end with elections.

Democracy takes time. Dictatorship is quicker, but too many people get shot.

A radical ... and revolutionary ... attack upon the fundamental basic principle of representative democracy for free people.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

Once you have lost control over your people, you are on the road toward a potentially democratic society.

The wastes of democracy are among the greatest obvious wastes, but we have compensations in democracy which far outweigh that waste and make it more efficient than absolutism.

America is essentially and radically a democracy, not in name merely but in deed.

American democracy is at its best in its talent for the transfer for power.