Quotes About Democracy

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

George W. Bush is history's president, a man for whom the long-term success or failure of democracy in Iraq will determine his place in history.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Italy hasn't had a government since Mussolini.

We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology.

Without democracy in our homes, we will never have it in the world.

I feel that one of the reasons Brexit happened was that people stayed at home rather than going to the polls.

It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.

I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.

I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.

I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems.

And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person. I think that's the best way to go.

We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Democracy is like a tamborine - not everyone can be trusted with it.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended