Democracy Quotes

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

I always contended that we as a race must not seek to rise from a position of disadvantage to one of...

Men are not born equal in themselves, so I think it beneath a man to postulate that they are. If I t...

What is democracy? It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or a...

When will people learn? Democracy doesn't work!" (Homer Simpson)

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats d...

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they dese...

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut...

I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.

Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness....

...I have a theory about why and how all this has happened to you.Instead of having to earn it, you ...

If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do...

I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with j...

How does paying people more money make you more money?It works like this. The more you pay your work...

[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the...

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a count...

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certa...

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay ...

You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - whic...

Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in...

The vast majority of administrators, at all times and in all societies, are prone to commit grievous...

Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is ...

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of ...

You know history better than I do, you've been teaching all your life. Without real opposition you g...

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there...

The point is that television does not reveal who the best man is. In fact, television makes impossib...

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my ow...

So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disresp...

It was an idea that made the crucial difference between British and Iberian America – an idea about ...

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapo...

What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind. Americ...

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on e...

Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Up...

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals ...

For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training ...

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a s...

Reigning doctrines are often called a "double standard".The term is misleading.It is more accurate t...

Talk about corporate greed and everything is really crucially beside the point, in my view, and real...

Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Isra...

Destroying hope is a critically important project. And when it is achieved, formal democracy is allo...

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

In accordance with the prevailing conceptions in the U.S., there is no infringement on democracy if ...

At its root, the logic is that of the Grand Inquisitor, who bitterly assailed Christ for offering pe...

[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to ...

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than...

Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey...

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

In a democracy, of course, you always get a choice:Do you want to be governed by the red or by the b...

Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The ...

I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and...

In proportion as the mass of citizens who possess political rights increases, and the number of elec...

If we reject, as we must, the doctrine that the majority is always right, to submit moral issues to ...

In a democracy, we should be reluctant to take any action that amounts to an attempt to coerce the m...

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of ...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort o...

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; gi...

Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to k...

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follow...

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democr...

There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is...

If mind is seen not as a threat but as a guide to emotion, if intellect is seen neither as a guarant...

Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

…majority rule gives the ruthless strong man plenty of elbow room to oppress his fellows.

Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is-- so democracy, a t...

The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has even...

When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is...

Secrecy begets tyranny.

If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...

Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time a...

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called ...

I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetical...

Multilate. Ha Ha Ha,' said Nusswan, avuncular and willing to pretend it was a clever joke. 'Its all ...

democracy is a see-saw between complete chaos and tolerable confusion

If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and wome...

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised...

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totali...

The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masse...

Social democracy seeks and finds the ways, and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in ...

Meanwhile, two other great currents in political thought, had a decisive significance on the develop...

Because it was enough for one of those favorites of His Distinguished Highness to issue a thoughtles...

Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’...

The thing that drew me to Lafayette as a subject - that he was that rare object of agreement in the ...

He didn't ask "Where will you spend eternity?" as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather...

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great advers...

We do not get to vote on who owns what, or on relations in factory and so on, for all this is deemed...

Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.

In a democracy we sometimes have to put up with things we don't life or approve of.

Which, autocracy or democracy, is really better suited to modern China? If we base our judgment upon...