As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Nothing to impede progress. If you want to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows. — House Peters Jr Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult… — Amos Elon Copy Share Image
What other, newer democracies find relatively easy - conducting an election, the counting of votes, the peaceful transition of power - seems… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
There are many democracies in our Arab and Islamic countries, but unfortunately, they are all false democracies. — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously,… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Democracies don't even withstand formally half educated citizens. Courtesy, respect, and sensibility don't tend to ethical sense. Nature nurtures, if compared to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the… — S. Evan Townsend Copy Share Image
“The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary men… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Here is tragedy - and here is America. For the curse of the country, as well of all democracies, is precisely the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
You start to learn that democracies don't work when it comes to artistic expression. You learn that if you don't handle your… — Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Copy Share Image
I am kind of a sucker for democracy, so I do think that what kinds of citizens we have in our societies… — Sheila Jasanoff Copy Share Image
We know that dismantling old oppressive regimes is a great deal faster and easier than building new flourishing democracies. Chinggis Khaan once… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
How can we be enemies when there is so much that pulls us together? But in general I found that I had… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Rulers like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser started subsidizing bread as a way to buy loyalty, or at least obedience, and this system… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
“in times of peace and stability, democracies tended to accumulate ever-increasing numbers of interest groups. Instead of pursuing wealth-creating economic activities, these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things that I realized when I left office was that in the 1990's citizens across the world applied more… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer. — B. W. Powe Copy Share Image
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion. — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The tragedy of modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in effecting democracy. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
I've made the comment that democracies work slower than dictatorships. That's a true thing. — James Gosling Copy Share Image
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Healthy democracies require healthy relationships amongst citizens and their governments. — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
