A society without democracy is a society of slaves and…

The very mudsills of society. We call them slaves. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you…

— James Henry Hammond

“When people think of slavery, they think of whips, chains and neurological implants. While these things may be necessary, the real tools of a…

— Kalin Ringkvist

Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being…

— Alfred North Whitehead

In a democracy, society must recognize that the individual has rights which are guaranteed, and the individual must recognize that he has responsibilities which…

— Harry Woodburn Chase

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

— Bashar al-Assad

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

— James Madison

The old fundamental principles must continue to apply, even in our changing society: Democracy knows neither master nor slave. Equal education opportunities for all,…

— Martin Schulz

In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The dictatorship of…

— Vladimir Lenin

“The pre-Thatcher state had functioned on the understanding that there was such a thing as society. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic had…

— J.M.R. Higgs

France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth century it…

— Fareed Zakaria

“Just the class division of society creates two different, two parallel worlds/antipodes in this very society. And this means yet two polar models of…

— Todor Bombov

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

— Lord Byron

We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…

— Abraham Lincoln

In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we…

— Allison Schroeder

I free slaves because I believe we are all created equal. I just can't think of anything that has a higher purpose than putting…

— Virginia Williams