Public conversations about who we are and who we want to be are key to the vitality of our democracy, and leaders can seed those conversations when they speak out their own views.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

If democracy as we know it has to survive the elites have to regain their credibility. And they have to start by admitting that their economic model is broken.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.

Quotes by Abdurrahman Wahid

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a...

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.

Quotes by Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

Quotes by Abdoulaye Wade

One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.

Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush

America has an identity crisis. This is a relatively new country compared to the rest of the world, yet it's the bully that fronts to know war and democracy like none other, therefore leading the global arbitration on both fronts.

Quotes by Abby Martin