Democracy Quotes · Page 107

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there…

— Mahathir Mohamad

Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

— Evan Esar

Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?

— John Wyndham

We don't have a big party. We don't have election funding. We don't have television time.

— Jair Bolsonaro

What does it take for Republicans to take off the flag pin and say, 'I am just too embarrassed to be on…

— Bill Maher

The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

— Pierre Corneille

You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.

— Scott Pelley

“liberalism and democracy, with all of their limitations, are what remains after every utopia and extremist scheme based on blood and territory…

— Robert D. Kaplan

There was a time in my life when election year was nothing to me, but in 1912, I joined that great army…

— Margaret Case Harriman

The freedoms of religion, thought and speech are all fundamental rights Canadians not only enjoy, we have fought for them at home…

— Erin O'Toole

Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this…

— Al Jarreau

Government - they used to teach it in college. It's actually something you should study and learn and know how to do.…

— Bill Maher

If democracy, in essence, means the abolition of class domination, then why should not a socialist minister charm the whole bourgeois world…

— Vladimir Lenin

We live in a representative democracy, characterized by free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. After most elections, roughly half…

— Todd Young

We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a…

— Deeyah Khan

“Political democracy, judged on its own terms (as a basic political value in itself), is not to be judged (consequentially) in terms…

— Paul McLaughlin

If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes…

— Irvine Welsh

No, I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the…

— Malcolm X

In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds,…

— Abraham Lincoln

There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with.…

— Nawaz Sharif

If elected president I will have a litmus test in terms of my nominee to be a Supreme Court justice. And the…

— Bernie Sanders

Maybe nothing is art”, maybe everything is or could be art. To that, no doubt she would have responded like she did…

— Miuccia Prada

I know how important voting and elections are. But everybody know that life is going to be life regardless of who is…

— Lil Wayne

I think treating people equally is a basic prerequisite of any democracy, not a 'radical anti-American agenda.'

— Anonymous

The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of…

— Fulton J. Sheen

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe.

— Paul Craig Roberts

It's healthy to have differing opinions in a democracy, but we have to respect each other and challenge ourselves to do better…

— Jason Collins

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.

— Akbar Ganji

I want to live in a Britain where there is a shared belief in freedom and democracy, and equal rights for men…

— Andrea Leadsom

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.

— Raghuram Rajan

I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them.

— Nagma

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.

— Baron de Montesquieu

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

— Antonio Tabucchi

I find the Democratic party overall, on a macro level, to be institutionally corrupt.

— Cenk Uygur

“Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan