Democracy Quotes & Sayings
These democracy quotes and democracy sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection.Democracy passes into despotism. - Plato [Aristocles]
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