Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul – Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible. – Mark Twain
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. – Mohandas Gandhi
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 is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time. – E. B. White
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 is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. – Henry Louis Mencken
Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy. – Benazir Bhutto
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. – Oscar Wilde
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
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility. – Norman Cousins
The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. – Gunther Grass
In true democracy every man and women is taught to think for himself or herself. – Mohandas Gandhi
You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions – Patrick Leahy
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it. – Akbar Ganji
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both. – Louis D. Brandeis
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it – Alexis de Tocqueville
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
What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country – Bill Maher
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