Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people's cars...it's in the Bill of Rights and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The thing that distinguishes America is that it is a republican form of government - anything that is not outlawed or specifically… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
I call the present system 'Post-Constitutional America.' As I sometimes put it, the U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy.… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history … Many forms of Government have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys…… — Jedidiah Morse Copy Share Image
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free man; each having the… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all… — George Mason Copy Share Image
It is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every child in America who enters school at the age of five is mentally ill, because he comes to school with an… — Chester Middlebrook Pierce Copy Share Image
Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...should We consent to an order of Cincinnati consisting of all the Officers of the Army & Citizens of Consiquence in the… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
Were I to define the British constitution, therefore, I should say, it is a limited monarchy, or a mixture of the three… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It’s sad. Marxism didn’t work. Communism didn’t work. Capitalism doesn’t work. Nothing works. Even democracy doesn’t work. Democracy-the greatest form of government… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater and greater centralization of authority and greater and greater dependence upon… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
ANARCHISM:The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I think democracies are prone to inflation because politicians will naturally spend [excessively] - they have the power to print money and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas,… — Dionysius of Halicarnassus Copy Share Image
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
![“The thing that distinguishes America is that it is a republican form of government - anything that is not outlawed or specifically barred or regulated by the [Constitution] is LEGAL.” quote by Bernard von NotHaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/088/bernard-von-nothaus-33229_america_the-thing-that-distinguishes-america-is_750288.jpg)
![“I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form of government and their present governors their condition and country would be most enviable.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d2/thomas-jefferson-43_conditions_i-do-love-this-people-the-french-with-al_1131931.jpg)
![“[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert results from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcf/james-madison-373_cases_in-a-democracy-a-common-passion-or-inter_2143957.jpg)
![“I think democracies are prone to inflation because politicians will naturally spend [excessively] - they have the power to print money and will use money to get votes. If you look at inflation under the Roman Empire, with absolute rulers, they had much greater inflation, so we don't set the…” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d6/charlie-munger-458_absolutes_i-think-democracies-are-prone-to-inflati_1006251.jpg)
