Peaceful Transfer Quotes

The most important detail separating the West from the East is the existence of administrators who are able to give up power. Former presidents, prime ministers and deputies must be reconciled to leaving power.

What makes America's election system unique is the fact that even when elections are close, we find a resolution, which leads to the peaceful transition of power that remains one of the most important tenets of our democracy.

Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.

I intend to withdraw after my second term. General Washington set the example. I will follow.

The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.

The Ennahda-led government did something never before seen in the region: it willingly stepped down

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.

At the end of 4 years, you have a President who turns over all this enormous power without a single shot being fired.

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting.

You see in Turkey, they had a remarkable success story in building up a democracy. I was in Istanbul for most of the year 1950. That was the year when the government held free and fair election, was defeated and simply withdrew from power and handed it over to the opposition, without precedent in Middle Eastern history. That was a really remarkable time and it was a fascinating and rewarding experience to be there at that time.

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though that election was very suspiciously called.

In the United States, because we are a nation of laws, you can lose an election and keep your life. In the United States, you can lose an election where you can disagree with our leaders or our government, and you won't lose your business; you won't lose your family, and you won't lose your freedom.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.

The vote is the most effective and merciful instrument that man has devised to manage his affairs.

Consider this: The United States held its first presidential election in 1789. It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years' worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election.

We are participating in the orderly transfer of administrative authority by the direction of the people. And this is the simple magic which makes a commonplace routine a near miracle to many of the world

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history yet common in our country.

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

I think Donald Trump believes in democracy and the right to change of power.

From a distance, the American political system is a remarkable success. We have accomplished the peaceful transfer of power for more than two hundred years, and that's unmatched by any civilization in human history. Up close, our political system still has all the ugliness and bad actors that you might suspect.

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around.