Free Democracy Quotes

You can't have a free democracy if you don't have a free media that can provide vital and independent information to the people.

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

The only genuine form of democracy is that practiced freely without restrictions, threats or any form of intimidation.

I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.

A generally free democracy in Iraq would be a mortal danger to its neighbors, particularly the group of states whom we call our friends.

The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and where security and advancing of the free democratic order still depend significantly on the possession and use of military might.

If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law – if that is not what we have always cried out against in Fascist states – then what is it?… If we are to survive as a free democracy, then we must be prepared, in principle, to concede to our enemies – even those who do not subscribe to our views – as much constitutional rights as you concede yourself.

The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.