Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

— James Russell Lowell

Posterity gives every man his true value.

— Tacitus

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

— Pope John XXIII

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

— Benjamin Disraeli

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

— James Bryce

Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs…

— Barack Obama

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

— Mignon McLaughlin

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

— Art Spander

Democracy gives you the freedom to choose who just prefer to have their abuse

— Mak_786

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

— Walter E. Williams

“Parker Palmer puts it, “Democracy gives us the right to disagree and is designed to use the energy of creative conflict to drive positive…

— John Fea

Democracy is a system that gives people a chance to elect rascals of their own choice.

— Doug Larson

“In the end, democracy gives us popular and handsome men, not geniuses.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi