Quotes About Democracy

The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced way.

Anyone who wants to vote probably shouldn't be allowed to vote. Voting is the first step towards zombification - trying to get something without actually working for it.

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.

I think the election of Donald Trump, if you want to call it an election, was unimaginable to most people, which is part of how it happened.

Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.

I don't think people want to see someone buy a congressional race.

I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.

We all know how it went when Europe changed from a culture addicted to depressants to one high on stimulants [...] Within two hundred years of Europe's first cup, famine and the plague were historical footnotes. Governments became more democratic, slavery vanished, and the standards of living and literacy went through the roof. War became less frequent and more horrible.

Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.

They aren't voters using active intelligence or participants in a civil democracy; they are fans.

They aren't voters using active intelligence or participants in a civil democracy; they are fans. Their role is to cheer and fund their team and trash-talk whatever team is on the other side.

a set of four behavioral warning signs that can help us know an authoritarian when we see one. We should worry when a politician 1) rejects, in words or action, the democratic rules of the game, 2) denies the legitimacy of opponents, 3) tolerates or encourages violence, or 4) indicates a willingness to curtail the civil liberties of opponents, including the media.

I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'

We have two Governments in Washington: one run by the elected people—which is a minor part—and one run by the moneyed interests, which control everything.

In einem freien Staat müssen Zunge und Meinung frei sein.

This is the biggest difference between the world's two largest democracies: In India, the poor vote.

Democracies have a weakness: If a bad law has enough money or people behind it, it stays on the books.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men.