Quotation Library
Democracy
Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried.
In a democracy the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
One man with courage makes a majority.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Democracy is a form of government in which all the people have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living.
In democracy, every ordinary citizen is a ruler.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
The basis of democratic government is the consent of the people.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.