Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.". — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.” — Jerome Nathanson Copy Share Image
Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Democracy means perfect equality of opportunity, especially in education; not the rotation of every Tom, Dick and Harry in public office.” — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Real democracy means that no group or faction or leader can impose their will, their ideology, their religion, their desires on anyone… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank,… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Thank the Lord, Germanic democracy means just this: that any old climber or moral slacker cannot rise by devious paths to govern… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Democracy means the power of the people and the possibility of influencing the governing parties. Russia had had enough experience with a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The practice of democracy means that I, one person, one humble person, nevertheless feel some responsibility if the officials for whose election… — Clyde Kluckhohn Copy Share Image
I think what democracy means today, in reality, is to a large extent, manipulated consent - not forced consent, manipulated consent -… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish.… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think what it was about was the people's right to vote and have those votes counted. And if you think back… — David Boies Copy Share Image
The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“But Muslims now find themselves in a world shaped by western theories and western values. If we are to consider how Islamic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My concern with democracy is highly specific. It begins in observing the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The worst that can happen under monarchy is rule by a single imbecile, but democracy often means the rule by an assembly… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
