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> [Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/democratic-institutions-generally-give-men-a-lofty-notion-of-their/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/democratic-institutions-form-a-system-of-quarantine-for-tyrannical/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“Democratic institutions strongly tend to promote the feeling of envy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/democratic-institutions-strongly-tend-to-promote-the-feeling-of-envy/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/information-is-a-basic-human-right-and-the-fundamental-foundation-for/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-manuel-barroso/decisions-taken-by-the-most-democratic-institutions-in-the-world-are/)

[Jose Manuel Barroso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-manuel-barroso/)

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> [We don't want to govern the country without democratic institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/we-don-t-want-to-govern-the-country-without-democratic-institutions/)

[Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/)

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> [“Our celebrated democratic institutions tackle the issue of hazardous science with a deafening silence. There is no such issue!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-kanev-helpless-earth-reckless-science/our-celebrated-democratic-institutions-tackle-the-issue-of-hazardous/)

[Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-kanev-helpless-earth-reckless-science/)

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> [A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-fanatical-belief-in-democracy-makes-democratic-institutions/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“The real origin of the democratic spirit - and most likely, many democratic institutions - lies precisely in those spaces of improvisation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-real-origin-of-the-democratic-spirit-and-most-likely-many/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [In Latin America, specialists and polling organisations have, for some time, observed that the extension of formal democracy was accompanied by an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-latin-america-specialists-and-polling-organisations-have-for-some/)

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

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> [We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-demint/we-know-from-our-own-history-that-democratic-institutions-take/)

[Jim DeMint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-demint/)

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> [What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-krastev/what-makes-me-worry-today-is-the-alarming-decline-in-the-trust-in/)

[Ivan Krastev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-krastev/)

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> [Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/even-when-you-cherish-democratic-ideals-it-is-never-easy-to-turn-them/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [The Marxians love of democratic institutions was a stratagem only, a pious fraud for the deception of the masses. Within a socialist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-marxians-love-of-democratic-institutions-was-a-stratagem-only-a/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/because-democratic-institutions-do-not-renew-themselves-as/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aung-san-suu-kyi/what-we-are-lacking-in-burma-is-an-independence-effective-judiciary/)

[Aung San Suu Kyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aung-san-suu-kyi/)

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> [The slightest sign of stability is used by local authoritarian leaders to bargain for the sympathies of Western countries that are, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/the-slightest-sign-of-stability-is-used-by-local-authoritarian/)

[Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/)

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> [“In my opinion the main evil of the present democratic institutions of the United States does not arise, as is often asserted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/in-my-opinion-the-main-evil-of-the-present-democratic-institutions-of/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [ \[T\]he main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/t-he-main-evil-of-the-present-democratic-institutions-of-the-united/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-perle/i-think-there-is-a-potential-civic-culture-in-arab-countries-that-can/)

[Richard Perle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-perle/)

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> [Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/human-beings-act-in-a-great-variety-of-irrational-ways-but-all-of/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [“Democratic institutions awaken and foster a passion for equality which they can never entirely satisfy. This complete equality eludes the grasp of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/democratic-institutions-awaken-and-foster-a-passion-for-equality/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-weld/we-re-getting-to-the-point-where-we-re-impinging-on-democratic/)

[William Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-weld/)

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> [A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/a-democratic-constitution-not-supported-by-democratic-institutions-in/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [“The very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/the-very-soundness-of-our-democratic-institutions-depends-on-the/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [“Fairy tales are the only democratic institutions. All the classes have heard all the fairy tales.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/fairy-tales-are-the-only-democratic-institutions-all-the-classes-have/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

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> [Democratic institutions, even in the oldest operating democracy in the world, are anything but perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-remnick/democratic-institutions-even-in-the-oldest-operating-democracy-in-the/)

[David Remnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-remnick/)

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> [The court's recent decisions have made life more difficult for the democratic institutions that perform the day- to-day work of our nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dewine/the-court-s-recent-decisions-have-made-life-more-difficult-for-the/)

[Mike DeWine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dewine/)

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> [American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-chait/american-democracy-faces-a-massive-challenge-i-don-t-think-it-is-a/)

[Jonathan Chait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-chait/)

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> [Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-mackinnon/democratic-institutions-are-based-on-a-reality-of-human-nature-that/)

[Rebecca MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-mackinnon/)

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> [We know that literate people are more likely than others to participate in their societies' democratic institutions and that the risk of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-gillard/we-know-that-literate-people-are-more-likely-than-others-to/)

[Julia Gillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-gillard/)

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> [We're in the middle of the transformation of a society that has handled its politics through repression to a society that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/we-re-in-the-middle-of-the-transformation-of-a-society-that-has/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/with-a-library-you-are-free-not-confined-by-temporary-political/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [No matter which party is in the White House, doubt in America's democratic institutions rattles our nation to its core. This should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-murphy/no-matter-which-party-is-in-the-white-house-doubt-in-america-s/)

[Patrick Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-murphy/)

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> [ The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either \[Vladimir\] Putin or his friends, as the loss… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/the-downfall-of-democratic-institutions-in-russia-doesn-t-add-to-the/)

[Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/)

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> [There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society's wealthiest people;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ravitch/there-is-something-fundamentally-antidemocratic-about-relinquishing/)

[Diane Ravitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ravitch/)

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> [After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dewine/after-all-our-constitution-was-intended-as-a-popular-document-it-was/)

[Mike DeWine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dewine/)

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> [It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rosovsky/it-is-equally-unreasonable-to-run-a-university-as-a-participatory/)

[Henry Rosovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rosovsky/)

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> [Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/democratic-institutions-are-necessary-and-very-important-and-if-i/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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## Top authors on Democratic Institutions

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexis-de-tocqueville-11183.jpg) Alexis de Tocqueville 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democratic-institutions/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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