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Famous Democracy Quotes
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. Jean Jacques Rousseau
The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose. BARACK OBAMA
The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people. Saul Alinsky
Debate is never finished; it can’t be, lest democracy be no longer democratic and society be stripped of or forfeit its autonomy. Democracy means that the citizen’s task is never complete. Democracy exists through persevering and unyielding citizens’ concern. Once that concern is put to sleep, democracy expires. ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
Democracy is not the law of the majority but protection of the minority. Albert Camus
Democracy’s worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Democracy is messy, and it’s hard. It’s never easy. Robert Kennedy Jr
There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. RALPH NADER
The only way to practice democracy, is to practice democracy. Hu Shih
The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little. ARISTOTLE
Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife. John Dewey, The Middle Works
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. WINSTON CHURCHILL
Democracy is not a static thing. It does not stand still. Vincent Harding
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. ROBERT HUTCHINS
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. Robert Byrne
Democracy is a system that gives people a chance to elect rascals of their own choice. DOUG LARSON
Democracy’s worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents. Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger In A Strange Land
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. OSCAR WİLDE
The democratic tradition does not advance a single and agreed ideal of popular rule, but is rather an arena of debate in which the notion of popular rule is discussed. Andrew Heywood, Political Theory
Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. WINSTON CHURCHILL
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political legislative and administrative decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself. Joseph Schumpeter
Democracy is a difficult art of government, demanding of its citizens high ratios of courage and literacy, and at the moment we lack both the necessary habits of mind and a sphere of common reference. LEWIS H. LAPHAM
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy is alive, and like any other living thing it either flourishes and grows or withers and dies. There is no in between. It is freedom and life or dictatorship and death.
The real safeguard of democracy is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt
There cannot be daily democracy without daily citizenship. Ralph Nader
The main problem of participatory democracy is not how to run it, but how to reach it. C.B. Macpherson, The Life And Times Of Liberal Democracy.
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school. Grace Abbott
Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen’s possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society. Fernando Cardoso
The USA was founded in the name of democracy, equality and individual freedom, but is failing to deliver the fundamental promise of protecting rights for all. Amnesty International
Democratic theory is concerned with processes by which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over leaders. Robert A. Dahl, A Preface To Democratic Theory
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. Kofi Annan
Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. Robert A. Heinlein
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 the government to the utmost. Aristotle
A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. John Dewey
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don’t know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. Daniel Barenboim
Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties. John Rawls
The primal principle of democracy
Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us. Bernard Crick
Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged. John Dewey, Political Writings
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy. Kofi Annan
Better slip with foot than tongue.
A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority. Vladimir Lenin
Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill
Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Well done is better than well said.
Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it.
A right Heart exceeds all.
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. Abraham Lincoln
Lost Time is never found again.
The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done. Abraham Lincoln
When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Elections belong to the people. Abraham Lincoln
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power. Abraham Lincoln
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Yet among the countries most comparable to the United States and where democratic institutions have long existed without breakdown, not one has adopted our American constitutional system. Robert A. Dahl, How Democratic Is The American Constitution?
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
Those who wish to reap the blessings of liberty must undergo the fatigues of supporting it. Thomas Paine
Many people in this country have paid the price before me and many will pay the price after me.
We are Americans because we practice democracy and believe in republican government, not because we practice revealed religion and believe in Bible based government. John Stuart Mill
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. Jesse Jackson
Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti intellectualism has been a constant thread, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Isaac Asimov
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
Democracy is an unfinished experiment. Walt Whitman
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. Aristotle, Politics
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favor. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.
The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy. Aristotle
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
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 the government to the utmost. Aristotle
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
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
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
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