“All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free.” WantCultureDemocracyCapableLiberalism Author:Lawrence Kaplan
“We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.” WantDemocracyGenerationsTomorrowFarewellPhantomsMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell Address Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The interesting thing is that the 82% of the Greeks do not want to abandon the Euro. They really believe that there might be some kind of magical way where we could stay in the Eurozone but do not do our homework. This is not possible. So what we are trying to do is explain, you know, we in Greece invented democracy but we also invented at the same time populism.” KnowsWayWantTryingBelieveKindMightInterestingDemocracyGreekAbandonGreeceInteresting ThingsHomeworkEuroPopulismEurozone Author:Dora Bakoyannis
“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
“Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.” PeopleWorldWayWantKindCountryDemocracyTypeWant U Author:David R. Brower
“You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as you want. But "democracy" is an illusion - a sham - if the most significant acts taken by those leaders are kept concealed from the citizenry.” IfsWantTwoAbilityPartyLeaderDemocracyTakenCitizensOffersIllusionSignificantConcealedCitizenry Author:Glenn Greenwald
“So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep can freely express its preference for which kind of wolf it wants to be eaten by. Many sheep, perhaps understandably, prefer a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is after all the basic idea of democracy. So far it has worked pretty well. The wolves all agree on that, and they want to spread democracy everywhere.” WantWellsKindIdeasDemocracyAgreeSpreadClothingsSheepPreferenceLambsPitifulWolves In Sheep's Clothing Author:Joseph Sobran
“It's symbolic of how I feel, with cameras on every street corner. Being watched all the time, having my sense of freedom invaded. Privacy is an important thing, and it has been eroded over the past few years. Now they're talking about body scans at airports. Democracy becomes a sham the second you have to give way to authorities who can do any kind of search that they want with you.” WayWantGivingFeelsYearsKindHas BeensImportantBodyPastCan DoTalkingDemocracyStreetsAuthorityCamerasImportant ThingsCornersPrivacyAirportsSymbolicOver The PastStreet Corners Author:Nitin Sawhney
“Today, when we live in a what is called Western democracy here... you're not taken seriously all the time. You can write what you want because nobody cares about it. But at that time, they cared very much about what you wrote, so that's an entirely different feeling.” WantWritingDifferentFeelingsCareTodayDemocracyTakenWesternWhat You WantNobody CaresDifferent Feelings Author:Stefan Heym
“I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of property, you've got something. So every man a capitalist, and every man a man of property.” IfsMenWantDemocracyMen And WomenCapitalismPropertyEvery ManCapitalistEarningHousing Author:Margaret Thatcher
“If you want to reinstate the 14.4 billion dollars that Bush cut out of the veterans program then vote democrat.” IfsWantDemocracyCuttingProgramVoteDollarsDemocratBillionsVeteran Author:David Cross
“I am very worried about this concentration of power, and it's not only because of Erdogan. We have the ballot box, but we don't have the culture of democracy. The government says: You see, we have the majority, we're entitled to do anything we want. But that's not democracy, that's majoritarianism.” WantGovernmentCultureDemocracyMajorityBoxesWorriedConcentrationEntitledBallotsErdogan Author:Elif Safak
“I didn't want to be either the cre`me de la cre`me or a martyr. I'd rather be a novelty, especially in a democracy that doesn't understand the language I write in.” WantWritingLanguageDemocracyMartyrNovelty Author:Joseph Brodsky
“I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.” WorldWantHumansCareJobsSocialWalksWatchesDemocracyRightsStreetsSecurityTelevisionBuildingCitizensPaperHuman RightsHealth CareBritainInvitesPapersSocial SecurityPensionGreat BritainVenezuelaTrue Democracy Author:Hugo Chavez
“Bush people didn't like him, and they never liked him. They didn't like him because they don't like democracy. They like you to have an election, but they like you to elect the people they want you to elect.” PeopleWantDemocracyLike YouElection Author:Randall Robinson
“Some corporations don't want free markets, and they don't want democracy. They want profits. And they use our campaign finance system to loot our commons, to steal from our treasury, and the other shared resources of our community - the air, the water, the public lands, the wildlife, the things that belong to all of us that are held in trust for future generations. Corporations cannot act philanthropically in America.” WantUseAmericaWaterCommunityDemocracyGenerationsAirLandResourcesProfitCampaignsStealingFinanceCorporationsFree MarketFuture GenerationWildlifeOur CommunityTreasuryCampaign FinancePublic Lands Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to the practices and Institutions of our democracy that they want and deserve.” WantI CanHelpingPracticeDemocracyRepublicanDeserveInstitutionsDemocratColleagues Author:John McCain
“Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.” WantMeanDemocracyHeroDespairFindings Book:Past and Present Source: Past and Present
“I think it's a part of being a citizen in a country, to know what is going on and to have a say in how they want their country being run. You know, that's a part of the privilege of democracy.” ThinkingKnowsWantCountryRunningDemocracyCitizensPrivilege Author:Bridgit Mendler
“You cannot possibly expect even the most illiterate person on Earth to believe that you really want a democracy in Iraq while you are paying Mubarak $3 billion a year to pretend he doesn't hate Israel. And you're providing the military and diplomatic umbrella that protects the fascist government, if you will, of the al Sauds.” IfsWantYearsBelievePersonsGovernmentEarthHateDemocracyMilitaryProtectIraqIsraelBillionsAlsProvidingFascistsUmbrellaDiplomaticIlliterateMubarakIlliterate Person Author:Michael Scheuer
“No one can deny that some Islamist groups have credential and popularity. But that does not mean they are a majority. If we are serious about democracy we cannot blame the people for choosing what they want. We must promote the kinds of procedures and processes that are helping the people move ahead.” PeopleIfsWantKindMeanDoeHelpingMovingProcessDemocracyGroupsSeriousBlameMajorityDenyPopularityProceduresMoving AheadIslamists Author:Tariq Ramadan
“It's the same with this idea of a literate public, and also of a democracy in which people have access to and really read the best books. It turns out that even when you create this kind of environment, maybe only 10 percent of the people want to read those books.” PeopleWantKindBookIdeasTurnsDemocracyEnvironmentPercentAccess Author:Robert Hass
“Democracy wants to win by reason, not by arms or by any other material damage, because, look, I don't have to remind you that I am totally for peace. It is my greatest dream. It was and will remain so.” WantLooksReasonDreamWinningDemocracyMaterialsArmsDamage Author:Shimon Peres
“I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.” PeopleWantCoursesDemocracyVoteRegister Author:Natalie Portman
“I think this an outrage and I think the fact that the KGB is involved in this election [2016] is an outrage and I think the American people ought to take their democracy back regardless of what the press wants to do and the excuses they want to make for [James] Comey. That's what I think.” PeopleThinkingWantFactsDemocracyOughtInvolvedElectionPressesExcuseOutrageKgb Author:James Carville
“There are people working their butts off trying to save our republic and save democracy from the likes of powerful people in the Democrat Party who want to take this country and turn it into a personal little playground for their own private gain.” PeopleWantTryingLittlesCountryTurnsPowerfulPartyDemocracyGainsDemocratLikesRepublicPlaygrounds Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm sometimes impatient with young people who demonstrate at my meetings and who don't want an argument, but who just want to go on television as having been there and made a fuss. This doesn't mean I don't believe in participatory democracy.” PeopleWantBelieveMeanMadeSometimesYoungDemocracyTelevisionGoes OnArgumentMeetingsDon't BelieveImpatientParticipatory Democracy Author:Pierre Trudeau
“I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't have direct democracy.” WantMeanStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyCollegeDirectElectoral CollegeDirect Democracy Author:Moby
“The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.” PeopleWantDemocracy Author:John Cusack
“I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.” WantLawDemocracyCitizensCommitmentVoteIndependenceJewIsraelDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceRight To Vote Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“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
“If you want to be a Jewish state and you want to remain a democracy, you have to have a two-state solution.” IfsWantTwoStatesDemocracySolutions Author:John F. Kerry
“I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a having sufficient Democracy so that the people actually hold their Government in their own hands.” PeopleWantHandsGovernmentEconomyDemocracyShapesSufficientRetaining Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I was born a Zionist, because I didn't have a choice about that. It was the ether of my family life, but I certainly broke with it as I asked more questions about it. And that doesn't mean I want to see the destruction of a people, it means I want to see a state structure that might embody more substantially the basic principles of democracy.” PeopleWantMeanStatesMightChoicesBornPrinciplesDemocracyMy FamilyDestructionStructureBrokeFamily LifeZionistBasic Principles Author:Judith Butler
“I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.” WantViewsDemocracyAssumingPoint Of ViewAmerican Democracy Author:Gore Vidal