Viktor Orban Quotes

We receive from America the right to vote as Americans, for America's weal, and if we cannot use our privilege as Americans we should surrender it.

Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere to the central tenets of our democracy - justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.

Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

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

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

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

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

My message is that Democracy is not an alien invention. It is a way of solving problems in our society.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

Democracy is a process. It is never finished.

People don't understand democracy here. They think it simply means disobedience to the authorities.

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

It is the healthiest thing in a democracy when the people who are elected exert power.

The great postulate of our democracy is confidence in the common sense of the people and in their maturity of judgment, even on great issues—once they know the facts.

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep. Under democracy individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded ...