Quotes About Democracy

Henry Wallace: "The idea of freedom . . . is derived from the Bible with its extraordinary emphasis on the dignity of the individual. Democracy is the only true political expression of Christianity."39 And Christianity is the only genuine source and sustainer of democracy

Do we need neighborhood public schools? I believe we do ... For more than a century, they have been an essential element of our democratic institutions. We abandon them at our peril.

The American Revolution was characterized by three basic freedoms: economic freedom or capitalism, political freedom or constitutional democracy, and freedom of speech and religion. These are the freedoms that, in their original form, American conservatives seek to conserve.

137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

Canadians believe that MPs do a better job pursuing the interest of their political parties than of those they represent,

Mark Bevir argues, "Democracy now seems less a means of expressing a common good and more a contest among factions or classes.

Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.

One's right to life, liberty, and property depends on the outcome of no election.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.

Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

As to the members of a Democracy, they are the best sort of people in the world; but then they are but a puny sort of gentry, as to strength, put them all together; and apt to be a little defective in point of understanding.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Legal aid is fundamentally important in a democratic, civilised society.

We need to be very careful. Democracy is the issue, and democracy ought to be the means by which we decide these issues, rather than secret negotiations resulting in a fait accompli being presented to us.

In the end, the majority of the group voted to let the wizard live.

American democracy with its lofty ideals maintains its dominion because it wields the biggest military in the history of the planet, with enough firepower to destroy all of humanity—even without the use of nuclear weapons. While most of the population sits at home, taking this for granted—myself included—warriors bearing the United States flag stalk the jungles, deserts, and dangerous places of the world, doing the exact same thing I've just done. Vengeance.