I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong. – Mohandas Gandhi
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. – Aristotle
Democracy is a non-stop experiment in the strengths and weaknesses of our political institutions, local communities, and the human heart – and its outcome can never be taken for granted. The experiment is endless, unless we blow up the lab, and the explosives to do the job are found within us. But so also is the heart’s alchemy that can turn suffering into compassion, conflict into community, and tension into energy for creativity amid democracy’s demands. – Parker J. Palmer
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone’s slave. – Karl Kraus
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. – Will Rogers
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
No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.” – Kofi Annan
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. – Aristotle
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 cannot survive overpopulation… – Isaac Asimov
India is a democratic country & anyone can become a PM. – Narendra Modi
The motive power of democracy is love. – Henri Bergson
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don’t know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. – Daniel Barenboim
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. – Edward Bellamy
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. – Henry Louis Mencken
A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy – Theodore Roosevelt
The USA was founded in the name of democracy, equality and individual freedom, but is failing to deliver the fundamental promise of protecting rights for all. – Amnesty International
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. – Sydney J. Harris
The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country’s and ultimately that of the whole of mankind – Mahatama Gandhi
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
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