Democracy Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

— Alexander Hamilton

Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.

— Fisher Ames

“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be a group…

— Richard D. Baris

“On the other hand, it will be equally forgotten that the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The basis of a democratic state is liberty

— Aristotle

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.

— Samuel Johnson

Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.

— Patrick Henry

The widespread distribution of private property ownership is the cornerstone of American liberty. Without it, neither our free enterprise system nor our republican form…

— Jeffrey H Reiman

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

— Georg Buchner

Democracy passes into despotism.

— Plato