Democracy Quote by Abhijit Banerjee

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality…

— Anna Garlin Spencer

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.”

— Jerome Nathanson

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an…

— B. R. Ambedkar

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People…

— Max Weber

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does…

— William Greider

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

— Ismail Haniyeh

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged…

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

“When leaders are worthy of respect, the people are willing to work for them. When their virtue is worthy of admiration, their authority can…

— Huananzi

For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to…

— Olof Palme

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche