Democracy Opposition Quotes

#1. I adore India, its culture, and all the beauty of the nation. My father is from Jammu, and he's had a profound influence on my mindset and way of being.

Robin S. Sharma

#2. Look at this world! So vast! So wide! Huge masses of land spread across it; multitudes of green and brown islands dotted the blue expanse of the oceans. He felt like a bird contemplating the sky.

Margi Preus

#3. It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.

Anwar Sadat

#4. Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Bill Bailey

#5. To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

Aung San Suu Kyi

#6. Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.

John Acton

#7. This is an election where there is a tea seller from the Opposition, and to defeat him, everyone has come together. They say Modi should not come. This is because those who looted the nation know that after 16th May what is going to happen.

Narendra Modi

#8. When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare.

Oren Lyons

#9. Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

Poul Henningsen

#10. We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.

Pallam Raju

#11. Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

Jon Lester

#12. The function of a newspaper in a democracy is to stand as a sort of chronic opposition to the reigning quacks. The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous.

H.L. Mencken

#13. Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure

Lou Holtz

#14. You know history better than I do, you've been teaching all your life. Without real opposition you get dictators down the line. Idi, Amin, Mugabe. No democracy without opposition.

Nadine Gordimer

#15. I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless the majority is active and votes - but the opposition minority votes a much greater proportion, so we often lose by a narrow margin.

Gloria Steinem

#16. When you understand that your self-worth is not determined by your net-worth, then you'll have financial freedom

Suze Orman

#17. All monsters have their fits of depression.

Rachilde

#18. In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win.

Martin Van Creveld

#19. The left-right political dichotomy serves liberalism by not challenging it. Democracy sustains the status quo by offering the illusion of choice with no choice. Genuine opposition can only emerge if there is an alternative story with which to counter the current mythos.

John Dunn

#20. In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.

Walter Lippmann

#21. A lot of times what's satisfying to me in comedy is when a woman successfully does self-care.

Jenny Slate