“Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse.” PeopleIfsGovernmentDemocracyCenturyHabitDisciplineDemocraticSevenDecadesBritainAcquireDemocratic GovernmentTraverse Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“The United States of America has helped underwrite the global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.” MenStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySacrificeBloodSecurityArmsCitizensSixMen And WomenProsperityDecadesGermanyUniformsUnited States Of AmericaKoreaBalkansService And Sacrifice Author:Barack Obama
“This country has attained 'Swarajya', but unfortunately the dream of 'Surajya' is left unfulfilled. Today, if there is any major challenge before this country, it is that of a 'Surajya' and since the last decade, Gujarat is working in the direction of attaining Surajya.” IfsCountryDreamTodayLastsLeftChallengesDemocracyMajorsIndiaElectionDecadesGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.” TurnsEasyProcessDemocracyIdealsInstitutionsDemocraticDecadesCherishDemocratic Ideals Author:Condoleezza Rice
“You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.” StillsCountryDemocracyStandardsDecadesEgyptInfancyHigh Standards Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“We want to lead by our values and out interests in ways that, regardless of the trajectory over the next decade, people will know the United States was on the side of democracy, on the side of the rule of law.” PeopleKnowsWayWantStatesLawValuesNextSidesInterestUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyDecadesRule Of LawTrajectory Author:Hillary Clinton
“There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest.” Has BeensTwoBigsAbleLastsThreeInterestDemocracyDoubtSpecialSourceCrowdsDecadesMeaningfulReformNo DoubtPassagesSpecial InterestsDemocracies HavePublic InterestAmerican DemocracyHacked Author:Al Gore
“Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.” MeanStatesDemocracyTelevisionCitizensConstantDecadesMexicoOligarchy Author:Andrea Suarez Paz
“I learned this [ that fear doesn't have to stop me] when my world came apart. I was living a life-long dream of a family life combined with an organization to promote living democracy - all on a gorgeous 45-acre compound in rural Vermont. I'd spent a decade building my dream, and then it started to crumble, piece by piece - my marriage, my organization, my confidence.” WorldLongDreamDemocracyPiecesBuildingOrganizationDecadesGorgeousFamily LifeLong LifeCompoundsAcresVermont Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy.” IfsHas BeensTwoPastPracticeDemocracyAcceptanceDevelopmentDecadesSignificantIdeologyCommunismCollapseRhetoricLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation where someone has been in power for decades, where the integrity of elections, democracy and security have really not been debated or discussed and most people suspect that elections are rigged and that the democratic rotation that elections are supposed to ensure doesn't really happen. And when this goes on for a while you are sitting on a powder keg.” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryHappensMovingBitsProcessSituationDemocracySecurityGoes OnIntegritySpringSittingElectionIndependenceDemocraticDecadesSuspectsPowderRiggedRotationArab SpringKegs Author:Kofi Annan
“Elections themselves do not necessarily lead to more corporate uncertainty - quite the reverse, stable democracies create a reliable environment. And elections have caused hardly any change in the basic economic framework in the last few decades.” LastsDemocracyEnvironmentEconomicElectionDecadesCorporateUncertaintyStableReverseFramework Author:Nicholas Bloom