...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.

Dalam jangka waktu lama, Indonesia hidup dalam bayangan feodalisme. Tetap neofeodalisme Soekarno lebih jahat dan lebih ganas.

The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.

The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.

You know you have a transparency problem when citizens of a democracy need to rely on WikiLeaks for details on changes to laws.

Time is the ultimate democracy. Rich and poor, young and old, male and female: all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.

In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise!

Love of democracy can be likened to a mother's love for her son.It must be cherished,nurtured and protected for all of time

It's important to remember that peace, liberty and freedom changes many aspects in our thoughts as far as life is concerned.

High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena.

Democracy, religion, education and terrorism have all become practicable norms all over the world – thanks to globalization

Wo ein Klima der Überwachung und Bespitzelung herrscht, kann ein freier und offener demokratischer Prozess nicht stattfinden.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.