Democracy Quote by Alan Coren

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

— Alan Coren

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

— Dave Barry

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

— Jamie Dimon

Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city,…

— Sam Levenson

Democracy is a series of choices.

— Paul Ryan

Democracy means decision by those concerned.

— Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you…

— Charles Bukowski

It is vital to speak up in a democracy. Otherwise we are living in dictatorships.

— Katharine Gun

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul