Democracy Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“Democracy is a treasure which no one will ever discover by deliberate search. But in continuing our search, in laboring indefatigably to discover the…

— Christopher L. Hayes

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”

— Colum McCann

“When we no longer have the courage to live by the truth ourselves, when we no longer really hunger for it, then we no…

— Charles J. Chaput

“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.”

— Eric Robert Morse

“Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us.”

— Bernard R. Crick

“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are always human,…

— Joost A. M. Meerloo

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“In your novels do you lie deliberately or just out of ignorance?" Laughter. A murmur of approval. The writer hesitated a few seconds. Then…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“Popular disregard, even disdain, for demonstrable truth is the most dangerous thing that can happen to a democracy.”

— Gordy Slack