Democracy Quotes & Sayings

Democracy Quotes & Sayings

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. - Aristotle



Democracy passes into despotism. - Plato



No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt



Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw



Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. - Gore Vidal



The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid. - Art Spander



In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates. [Democracy in America, 1840] - Alexis De Tocqueville



An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. - Voltaire



Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. - Jesse Helms