“In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple choices in democratic practice.” LoveOrderChoicesPeacePrinciplesPracticeDemocracyDemocraticPeacefulTransitionMultipleHomelandMultiple Choice Author:Ali Abdullah Saleh
“In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The dictatorship of the proletariat, the period of transition to communism, will for the first time create democracy for the people, for the majority, along with the necessary suppression of the exploiters, of the minority.” PeopleFirstsDemocracyRichPeriodsFirst TimeMajorityCommunismMinoritiesTransitionCapitalistDictatorshipWretchedSuppressionProletariat Author:Vladimir Lenin
“As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.” MayLongPainTermResultsDemocracyEconomicConscienceGainsEuropeDemocraticCommittedPeacefulReformLong TermUrgesPrisonerTransitionShort TermPledgeSanctionsCatalystEthiopiaEconomic Sanctions Author:Eskinder Nega
“I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.” DemocracyModelsDemocraticTransitionEgyptTunisia Author:Rashid al-Ghannushi
“Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.” NeedsBeliefDemocracyExpressionGrantedTransitionTotalitarianismFreedom Of ThoughtNever Take For Granted Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explore my own memory deeper by comparing it to the memories of others who were in my home town during, for example, the political transition from socialism to a nationalistic "democracy" or during the bombings.” PeopleWritingHomePoliticalOpportunityMemoriesMy OwnDemocracyExampleAmountResearchTownsDeeperSocialismCompareTransitionBombingNationalisticHome Town Author:Sasa Stanisic
“The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.” DemocracyPeacefulTransitionHallmark Author:Barack Obama