16 Quotes by Larry Diamond

In an age of widespread communication and accountability, people expect political participation and accountability much more than they did in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. The only way the demand for meaningful political participation and choice can be suppressed is to constrain liberty - Larry Diamond, Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999), Chapter 1 (‘Defining and Developing Democracy’). p. 4

There are elements in the newly adopted constitution that cannot stand ... if Iraq is ever going to be stable.

I finally got out of the office and brought my board up. It's a lot of fun. It looks like a perfect day.

I think it's very fragile. I'm very worried.

I see developments on the constitutional side as potentially disastrous. I think the Bush administration has miscalculated profoundly by trying to get this constitution done by Aug. 15 at any price.

I see developments on the constitutional side as potentially disastrous, ... I think the Bush administration has miscalculated profoundly by trying to get this constitution done by Aug. 15 at any price.

The staff has just been doing a great job keeping us going in these severe weather conditions.

They want to start withdrawing because they can feel the heat here in the United States,

That's fantastic that he met him. It's an incredible story they have, and the world needs to be aware of it, and the North Koreans need to be confronted with it.