Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right. – H. L. Mencken
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment – Aristotle
…democracy cannot survive overpopulation… – Isaac Asimov
To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness. – Mohandas Gandhi
Democracy is the most veiled form of tyranny.
Anti-democracy…is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay on top of the issues of democracy and freedom. – Harry Belafonte
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. – Dave Barry
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. – Thomas Jefferson
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. – G. K. Chesterton
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy – Theodore Roosevelt
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve. – Edward Albee
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. – Aristotle
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. – H. L. Mencken
A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. – Thomas Jefferson
Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. – Plato
The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. – Gunther Grass
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we’ll be called a democracy. – Roger Nash Baldwin
Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul – Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
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