Democracy Quote by Al Smith Download Open image “All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.” — Al Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy
The doctrine that the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy is like saying that the cure of crime is more crime. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Unrestrained zeal to make the world better could make it worse. Promoting democracy must be undertaken with humility, care, and wisdom. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Democracy will itself accomplish the salutary universal change from delusive to real, and make a new blessed world of us by and by. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Americans see democracy as a remedy for all ills-to be taken three times daily like prescription medicine. It works for them. Ergo - it… — Arthur Hailey Copy Share Image
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and equality of all churches, all sects and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and not as a matter of favor. I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law respecting… — Al Smith Copy Share
Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out within the… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image