Quotes About Democracy

Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.

Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

This line of reasoning brings us to a challenging question: If people are as incapable, as immoral, and as ignorant as the politicians indicate, then why is the right of these same people to vote defended with such passionate insistence?

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Such is the power of the word Democracy, that no party or government dares to raise its head, or believes its own existence possible, if it does not bear that word inscribed on its banner.

Theatre is at last being reclaimed by those who have been excluded from it and used in their own interests -- yet these interests are not solely theirs, ultimately, since they support a just society and true democracy.

Don't vote, it only encourages them.

People of the West have various forms of democracy based on a belief in God as well as on a general acceptance of moral law. However, in practice we are beginning to resemble the Marxists, who have little respect for moral law or religion.

Just ate at Hamburg Inn No. 2, home of Democracy and a really great Breakfast. You can't have one without the other. You could but neither would be as good. It should be noted that the first copy of our constitution had a sausage gravy stain on it.

Popular assemblies are frequently foolish in their contrivance, and weak in their execution; but generally mean to do the thing that is right and just.

How hollow would the charges of American imperialism be when these failed countries are and are seen to be transformed from states of terror to nations of prosperity, from governments of dictatorship to examples of democracy, from sources of instability to beacons of calm.

Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

What passes for patriotism is now largely measured by the flag pins in our lapels and the mouthing of pride and faith in our soldiers, sailors, and aviators. Having long since lost track of the precepts of American democracy, we've devolved into a cult of military, with its own blind faith and liturgy...

This points to a central tension in our very idea and practice of democracy – it is not a simple appeal to the rule of the majority. It is also about respecting that the power of the people is limited by what's fair to minorities, what's reasonable, and by what's legal and constitutional.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

Milley believed January 6 was a planned, coordinated, synchronized attack on the very heart of American democracy, designed to overthrow the government to prevent the constitutional certification of a legitimate election won by Joe Biden.

Churchill knew instinctively what was wrong with communism—that it repressed liberty; that it replaced individual discretion with state control; that it entailed the curtailment of democracy, and therefore that it was tyrannous.

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences.

Only here's the thing: there is no law that forbids a citizen to speak to his president. Apparently, in a democracy it's even recommended.

It is the life of democracy to favor equality.

Tech leaders may be chosen by boards of directors selected by shareholders, but they are not chosen by the public. Democratic countries should not cede the future to leaders the public did not elect