Democracy Quotes

The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse.

Washington was no politician as we understand the word, " replied Ratcliffe abruptly. "He stood outside of politics. The thing couldn't be done today. The people don't like that sort of royal airs.

Free man needs loyalty to the self first of all, and this implies the right to be himself

Politics doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt politics.

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

People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.

Business is boss, politics is servant.

How can you put human rights to a popular vote and call it democracy? How many times do you need to redefine or haggle about the meaning of the word EQUALITY?

Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.

Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.

Go home now, ” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.“For guns and ammunition, ” says I.

What do you see out there?” I ask. “Pittsburgh, ” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell with the lid taken off.” — Mother Jones

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. --Aristotle

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation

Bureaucrats and Politicians are different people, work of Bureaucrats makes us hate Politicians.

Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the truth.

The moment you hand over YOUR responsibility to manage your own rights, morality, and freedoms - to the government, that is the moment democracy fails.

A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won't forget about them when it's convenient.

Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.

A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.

The most important things to be acquired for freedom and democracy, are identity and dignity.

When a plutocracy is disguised as a democracy, the system is beyond corrupt.

Better to live under one tyrant a thousand miles away, than a thousand tyrants one mile away.

Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.

Most fundamentally, the U.S. military is—and will continue to be—a product of our culture and our collective decisions. Whatever it is, it's what we have made it.

Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT.

Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent

Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent.

I am a hero! Are you?" - Chris

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".

Chris. What do you want, child?"I sighed and walked another three steps forward. I stared into his eyes and spoke the one word that terrified him, "Democracy.

Democracy is the process to elect the Government of the Upper class or caste people, by the poor people and for the corporate people - Idiotneil

In fact, caucus, a word derived from the Algonquin languages, better reflected the layers of talking circles and the goal of consensus that were at the heart of governance.

We (libertarians) find just as many things to rip on the left as we do on the right. People on the far-left and the far-right are the same exact person to us.

A man who doesn’t detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government in earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.

Governments represent their citizens in the same way as parasites represent their hosts.

the government tends to act like a corporation treating the public as its consumers rather than its citizens

Democracy changes its opinions from time to time, philosophy doesn't.

Living in a democratic society means that I can express my opinion, Having a democratic government means that they don't have to listen.

[D]emocracy can itself be as tyrannical as a dictatorship, since it is the extent, not the source, of government power that impinges on freedom."-William F Buckley

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen.

Because widespread participation is so central to popular sovereignty, we can say that the less political participation there is in a society, the weaker the democracy.

The fight for truth...is not just our right as free citizens of free societies. It is our duty as citizens of the earth.

A call to embrace democracy is the worst insult to a society that is still alien to civilisation. It is like being asked to dance to the tune of mob justice.

When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse.

Rather than caving in to protests, let us know who is in charge by setting boundaries.

The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.

Any constituency that needs amending, is a prototype in error.

In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great.