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
To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness. – Mohandas Gandhi
Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. – John Adams
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
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
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
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
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
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time. – E. B. White
Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society. – Vladimir Putin
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. – Oscar Wilde
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it – Alexis de Tocqueville
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
What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country – Bill Maher
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it. – Akbar Ganji
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