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title: "37 Democracy Government Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Democracy Government quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Democracy Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-mencken/government-under-democracy-is-thus-government-by-orgy-almost-by-orgasm/)

[Henry Louis Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-mencken/)

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> [Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/democracy-is-the-government-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/democracy-becomes-a-government-of-bullies-tempered-by-editors/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/democracy-is-government-of-by-and-for-the-people/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [“In a democracy government is the God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/in-a-democracy-government-is-the-god/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/democracy-is-a-government-of-the-fools-for-the-fools-by-the-fools/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-mercer/here-s-to-democracy-may-we-get-the-government-we-deserve/)

[Rick Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-mercer/)

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> [A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-democracy-is-a-government-in-the-hands-of-men-of-low-birth-no/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [You can separate corruption from politics only when democracy becomes government of the people, for the people and by the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/you-can-separate-corruption-from-politics-only-when-democracy-becomes/)

[Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/)

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> [You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/you-can-define-how-strong-a-democracy-is-by-how-its-government-treats/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

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> [Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-shaked/of-course-in-a-democracy-the-government-and-the-citizens-have-to/)

[Ayelet Shaked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-shaked/)

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> [A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-wheelan/a-market-economy-is-to-economics-what-democracy-is-to-government-a/)

[Charles Wheelan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-wheelan/)

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> [When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-our-government-is-spoken-of-as-some-menacing-threatening-foreign/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-democracy-is-a-government-in-the-hands-of-men-of-low-birth-no-2/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-l-r-james/the-paris-commune-was-first-and-foremost-a-democracy-the-government/)

[C. L. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-l-r-james/)

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> [Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikita-khrushchev/democracy-is-a-government-where-you-can-say-what-you-think-even-if/)

[Nikita Khrushchev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikita-khrushchev/)

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> [ \[For business after WWII \] democracy means getting people to regard government as an alien force that's robbing them and oppressing them,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-business-after-wwii-democracy-means-getting-people-to-regard/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [I am very worried about this concentration of power, and it's not only because of Erdogan. We have the ballot box, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/i-am-very-worried-about-this-concentration-of-power-and-it-s-not-only/)

[Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/)

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> [Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/democracy-is-less-a-system-of-government-than-it-is-a-system-to-keep/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-fate-of-every-democracy-of-every-government-based-on-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bennet/if-we-as-individuals-want-to-keep-control-of-our-democracy-rather/)

[Michael Bennet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bennet/)

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> [People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-zuma/people-are-constantly-applying-double-standards-take-the-united/)

[Jacob Zuma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-zuma/)

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> [The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urmila-matondkar/the-first-lesson-of-politics-or-at-least-democracy-is-that-it-is-a/)

[Urmila Matondkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urmila-matondkar/)

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> [“The OED defines democracy as: “Government by the people; that form of government in which the sovereign power resides in the people….”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/the-oed-defines-democracy-as-government-by-the-people-that-form-of/)

[Joseph Befumo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-befumo/)

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> [There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/there-were-free-elections-in-bulgaria-where-the-opposition-has-just/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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> [I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/i-believe-that-people-have-a-right-to-decide-their-own-destiny-people/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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> [Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/because-of-the-caste-system-because-of-the-fact-that-there-is-no/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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> [I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/i-believe-that-people-have-a-right-to-decide-their-own-destinies/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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> [We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-van-drew/we-need-to-restore-our-democracy-to-a-government-of-the-people-by-the/)

[Jeff Van Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-van-drew/)

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> [Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-corbyn/sorry-but-we-live-in-a-democracy-and-the-government-has-to-be/)

[Jeremy Corbyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-corbyn/)

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> [Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-farrugia/freedom-is-when-the-people-can-speak-democracy-is-when-the-government/)

[Alastair Farrugia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-farrugia/)

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> [Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/democracy-is-a-government-where-you-can-say-what-you-think-even-if-2/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/perhaps-the-most-important-thing-i-learned-was-about-democracy-that/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/a-democracy-that-is-a-government-of-all-the-people-by-all-the-people/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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> [My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/my-objection-to-the-death-penalty-is-based-on-the-idea-that-this-is-a/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

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> [I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hurd/i-may-be-wrong-in-that-but-not-i-think-in-putting-the-questions-in/)

[Douglas Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hurd/)

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> [In a democracy, if a government creates bad policies, it can be voted out of office. Competition in the private sector, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-thaler/in-a-democracy-if-a-government-creates-bad-policies-it-can-be-voted/)

[Richard Thaler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-thaler/)

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