Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm. — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
You can separate corruption from politics only when democracy becomes government of the people, for the people and by the people. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state. — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives. — Charles Wheelan Copy Share Image
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over.… — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
[For business after WWII ] democracy means getting people to regard government as an alien force that's robbing them and oppressing them,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am very worried about this concentration of power, and it's not only because of Erdogan. We have the ballot box, but… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest… — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people,… — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
“The OED defines democracy as: “Government by the people; that form of government in which the sovereign power resides in the people….”… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament. — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens. — Alastair Farrugia Copy Share Image
Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
In a democracy, if a government creates bad policies, it can be voted out of office. Competition in the private sector, however,… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
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