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“Today's business model is bad for people, bad for the economy and bad for stability and democracy.”

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Author:Sharan Burrow

“BJP is not going to the people only to form a government. We have come to the people to give stability and a development oriented government.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.”

“Europe tends to favor stability over democracy, America democracy over stability.”

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Author:Daniel Hannan

“It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security.”

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Author:Nancy Pelosi

“The issue is: $1 trillion or $2 trillion is a lot of money. If our objective is to have stability in the Middle East, secure oil, or extend democracy, you can do a lot of democracy buying for this sum. To put it in context: The whole world spends $50 billion a year on foreign aid.”

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Author:Joseph Stiglitz

“I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”

Source: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784

“I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general”

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Author:Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

“Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.”

Goal Growth Hurt Democracy Progress Instruments Stability

Author:Bashar al-Assad

“Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. ... The global wave of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens.”

“Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies.”

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Author:Nicholas Bloom