Roger Baldwin on Democracy
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
James Fenimore Cooper on Democracy
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
James Fenimore Cooper on Democracy
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
Alan Coren on Democracy
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.
J. W. Fulbright on Democracy
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
Abraham Lincoln on Democracy
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln on Democracy
...Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
John Stuart Mill on Democracy
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Nick Nuessle on Democracy
The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.
Gore Vidal on Democracy
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.