Make it visual
Quote image
Preparing image…
Right-click or press and hold the image to save it.
Quotation
Quote by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Without democracy, there is no real security.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The quote presents democracy as necessary for genuine security. It suggests that safety is not fully real when democratic government is absent, even if there is temporary order or control. Security, in this view, depends on people living under a system that recognizes their political voice.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Official website of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
- Format
- Official Statement
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
“For the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal improvement.”
“If my countrymen could fear God, serve God, would we not be able to revive the age of the sage emperors?”
Read quote“Our ultimate objective is to have a mature society where difference of opinion is tolerated with much indulgence and where dialogue and a spirit of compromise lives on.”
“Unión sin libertad es despotismo. La libertad y la unión será la Confederación de las Repúblicas.”
“By today's vote the Democratic Party has been returned to the people.”
“The ability to crawl inside the mind of another is what makes reading the ultimate democratic act in a democratic society.”
“People in the Arab world have to realise that when they go to elections, they elect not necessarily the person they like, not the person of their religion, or his tribe - and this is a big disaster.”
“Human rights is, in fact, the ultimate political question.”
“My basic ideal is to have Taiwan become a democratic, prosperous and independent country.”
“沒有輿論監督，必定腐敗。”
How Celia Found the Entrance
Celia had spent years showing people where to sit. Now, in a new choir, she had to find her own place in the song.
Read Story