Democracy Quotes · Page 140

“Advani jokingly used to say, 'Gen Jacob is not good for democracy; people don't want elections but Jacob's rule'. (App.: Editorial Goa.)”

— J.F.R. Jacob

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

— H. L. Mencken

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

— John Fund

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

— Caroline Kennedy

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of…

— Natan Sharansky

Democracy has betrayed the race, because education has not served man as was expected.

— Gutzon Borglum

“The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“The sterile democracy between the notes has killed in us every lively feeling.”

— Arvo Pärt

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy…

— Fisher Ames

In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life…

— John F. Kennedy

“The litmus test of any democracy is the level of tolerance it is willing to extend towards the minorities living in it.…

— Ilan Pappé

A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one…

— Thomas Jefferson

I think it was fully justified after 9/11 to initiate a military action against Afghanistan, because we hoped to create a democracy,…

— Jimmy Carter

Universal, equal, direct and secret elections in the U.S.S.R. will be a whip in the hands of the population against poorly functioning…

— Joseph Stalin

We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity…

— Alex Salmond

I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are…

— Byron Dorgan

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize…

— Andy Rooney

Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil…

— Naomi Wolf

I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social…

— Albert Einstein

Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes…

— Edward Said

“For after all, why do we go on fighting? If we die for democracy then we must be one of the democracies.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.…

— Herbert Hoover

One of the greatest disasters that happened to modern civilization was for democracy to inscribe "liberty" on its banners instead of "justice."…

— Fulton J. Sheen

All elections are about choices, and good campaigns will make those choices clear.

— Mollie Hemingway

We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style…

— Barbara Boxer

But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice.

— Edward Gibbon

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

— Jeff Miller

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms…

— Jerrold Nadler

“In other words, the government of the democracy is the only one under which the power which lays on taxes escapes the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Kennedy echoed Stanley Baldwin that a democracy is always two years behind a dictator.”

— Scott Farris

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of…

— Aristotle

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

— William Bennett

Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

— Edward Abbey

I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.

— Hillary Clinton

The Americans lecture the world on democracy and then won’t let me turn the traction control off!

— Jeremy Clarkson

The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy.

— Zephyr Teachout

When it comes to sowing doubt about democracy and fueling dissension among Americans, Mr. Putin is eating our lunch.

— Antony Blinken

People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote…

— Jon Gnarr

Republicans will need to work hard to capture the Latino vote instead of their current strategy of capturing Latinos.

— Stephen Colbert