Democracy Quotes

35 quotations about Democracy

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

The Silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

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