Quotes About Democracy

What keeps the democracy alive at all but the hatred of excellence; the desire of the base to see no head higher than their own?

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about it.

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state . . . Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies.

This election result has increased people's faith in democracy.

I have a lot of faith and confidence in Cuban democracy.

The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism.

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

A Marine to the end, Kelly declined for years after he left to be openly critical of the commander in chief except for occasional remarks amid extreme circumstances. But several people who spoke with him said he described Trump as a "fascist," uninterested in history or geography, and uniquely unfit for the job of leading a constitutional democracy.

Kelly declined for years after he left to be openly critical of the commander in chief except for occasional remarks amid extreme circumstances. But several people who spoke with him said he described Trump as a "fascist," uninterested in history or geography, and uniquely unfit for the job of leading a constitutional democracy.

narcissistic drama-seeker who covered a fragile ego with a bullying impulse and, this time, took American democracy to the brink.

Trump loyalists quickly began trying to tear down Hutchinson's credibility. Yet even as some contradicted specific elements in her testimony, she had painted a familiar portrait of Trump, one that dozens of people who worked for his company, political campaigns, and government tried masking over four decades: a narcissistic drama-seeker who covered a fragile ego with a bullying impulse and, this time, took American democracy to the brink.

Modern Western empires are different from empires of old as well as the Soviet empire of yesterday in one important respect: they combine a democratic political system at home with despotism abroad. Even in the German case, as Sheldon Wolin reminds us, Nazi terror was not applied to the population generally. So long as democracy is a living reality at home, democratic empires are potentially self-correcting.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

The age of democratic revolutions inaugurated by the American revolution made the existence of slavery and servile labor questionable for the first time in western history

the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats all took a pro-remain stance, and yet 40 per cent of Labour voters and 60 per cent of Conservative voters went against the leaders of the three parties to vote for Brexit.

how liberal democracy, already weakened at its own hand, is being undermined by the enforced negation of its principles by the onslaught of terrorism.

Enter José Antonio González: socialist mayor of the small Granadan city of Jun and part-time hacker, who had brought innovation to his town's democracy by introducing direct public participation through social networks with help from MIT researchers and the support of Twitter's very own CEO.