--- title: "17 Democracy Great Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Democracy Great quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Democracy Great sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/mahatma-gandhi-23_democracy_democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-the_1239613.jpg" --- > [Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-therefore-it-is-liable-to-be/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/mahatma-gandhi-23_democracy_democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-the_1239613.jpg) > [I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-still-have-great-faith-in-democracy-i-have-great-belief-in-the/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/terry-tempest-williams-835_belief_i-still-have-great-faith-in-democracy-i_1663254.png) > [Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that's a great thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-truss/brexit-has-energised-millions-of-people-young-and-old-to-take-part-in/) [Liz Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-truss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/liz-truss-6248_brexit_brexit-has-energised-millions-of-people_2582239.jpg) > [Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/democracy-is-the-great-love-of-the-failures-and-cowards-of-life/) [R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/r-j-rushdoony-8903_coward_democracy-is-the-great-love-of-the-failu_993488.png) > [Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-k-shipler/obama-has-already-rejected-the-bright-sunlight-of-public-knowledge/) [David K. Shipler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-k-shipler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/david-k-shipler-29968_cures_obama-has-already-rejected-the-bright-su_2109320.jpg) > [“Every American should feel free to express an informed opinion—to protest peacefully, to convey frustration and even anger in a constructive way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/historica-press/every-american-should-feel-free-to-express-an-informed-opinion-to/) [Historica Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/historica-press/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/historica-press-14390_quote_every-american-should-feel-free-to-expre_1152198.jpg) > [What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/what-is-most-important-for-democracy-is-not-that-great-fortunes/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_class_what-is-most-important-for-democracy-is_878689.png) > [The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-painter/the-american-experiment-with-representative-democracy-has-been-a/) [Richard Painter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-painter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/richard-painter-14038_democracy_the-american-experiment-with-representat_1308309.jpg) > [If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/if-we-don-t-have-a-vigorous-questioning-aggressive-journalistic/) [Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/milton-glaser-24514_aggressive_if-we-don-t-have-a-vigorous-questioning_3179937.png) > [Differences of opinion are healthy and they're a part of what makes our democracy great. We grow by understanding each other's differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-carteris/differences-of-opinion-are-healthy-and-they-re-a-part-of-what-makes/) [Gabrielle Carteris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-carteris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/gabrielle-carteris-23932_democracy_differences-of-opinion-are-healthy-and-t_1932724.png) > [Everybody says, "Well, if it's a democracy, let them have nuclear weapons." America is the only country that has ever used nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-scheer/everybody-says-well-if-it-s-a-democracy-let-them-have-nuclear-weapons/) [Robert Scheer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-scheer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/robert-scheer-12420_america_everybody-says-well-if-it-s-a-democracy_1281644.png) > [I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chen-shui-bian/i-have-great-confidence-in-taiwan-s-democracy-i-have-great-confidence/) [Chen Shui-bian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chen-shui-bian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/chen-shui-bian-16758_basic_i-have-great-confidence-in-taiwan-s-demo_2457412.jpg) > [Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rice/well-i-think-by-any-expectation-south-africa-has-come-a-tremendously/) [Susan Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/susan-rice-4480_deals_well-i-think-by-any-expectation-south-af_382844.jpg) > [... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/when-the-struggle-seems-to-be-drifting-definitely-towards-a-world/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/h-g-wells-1122_agenda-21_when-the-struggle-seems-to-be-drifting-d_633248.png) > [Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-farr/freedom-of-speech-is-central-to-most-every-other-right-that-we-hold/) [Sam Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-farr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/sam-farr-60057_action_freedom-of-speech-is-central-to-most-eve_2673574.jpg) > [I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pelosi/i-do-think-that-our-democracy-is-so-great-we-can-withstand-even-a/) [Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pelosi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/nancy-pelosi-1267_anxiety_i-do-think-that-our-democracy-is-so-grea_1509354.jpg) > [“We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance. We cannot have a healthy nation with one-tenth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-cannot-have-an-enlightened-democracy-with-one-great-group-living/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/anonymous-1_brotherly-love_we-cannot-have-an-enlightened-democracy_2872225.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy-great/#itemlist", "name": "Democracy Great Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-therefore-it-is-liable-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/mahatma-gandhi-23_democracy_democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-the_1239613.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/mahatma-gandhi-23_democracy_democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-the_1239613.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/mahatma-gandhi-23_democracy_democracy-is-a-great-institution-and-the_1239613.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still have great faith in democracy. 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