Democracy Quotes
Democracy Quote of the day
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
The problem of finding a collection of “wise” men and leaving the government to them is thus an insoluble one. That is the ultimate reason for democracy.
…majority rule gives the ruthless strong man plenty of elbow room to oppress his fellows.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people are so relived when they get to democracy that they hang on to it.
Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty.
the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development
As I would not be a slave so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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.
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former.
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!
When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.
Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last.
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.
