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Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.


Chuck Hagel


#constraint #democracy #expand #expansion #freedom

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


Ismail Haniyeh


#asks #democracy #introduced #respect #results

Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.


Dennis Hastert


#democracy #fight #freedom #grow #happens

Had I realized while on Earth," he said, "that Hell was such a delightful place, I should have put more faith in the teachings of religion. As it was, I actually doubted its existence. A foolish error, cherie. I am pleased to say that you have converted me completely." "I, too," observed Mr. Hamilton, helping himself to wine, "was something of an unbeliever in my time, and while never quite an atheist, like my arch-enemy Jefferson, I was still inclined to look upon Satan as merely a myth. Imagine my satisfaction to find him ruling a monarchy! You know I spent the greater part of my earthly existence fighting Mr. Jefferson and his absurd democratic ideas and now look at the damn country! Run by morons!


Frederic Arnold Kummer


#anatole-france #democracy #hell #monarchy #morons

My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it.


Johnny Isakson


#defensive #democracy #fighting #fortunes #more

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.


Recep Tayyip Erdogan


#democracy #democratization #east #how #in other words

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.


Robert Kagan


#despite #had #hold #i #left

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.


Garry Kasparov


#democracy #i #i think #invention #learning

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.


Garry Kasparov


#democracy #distorted #economy #i #i think

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.


Garry Kasparov


#actions #convince #could #democracy #elections






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