Democracy Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Democracy extends the sphere of personal independence; socialism confines it. Democracy values each man at his highest; socialism makes of each man an agent,…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right…

— Woodrow Wilson

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and…

— Thomas Mann

All that socialism means to me, to be very frank with you, is democracy with a small 'd.' I believe in democracy, and by…

— Bernie Sanders

There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.

— Rosa Luxemburg

Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.

— Wen Jiabao

To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country.

— Bernie Sanders

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free,…

— Aristotle

Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a…

— Henry Giroux

Democracy is the road to socialism.

— Karl Marx

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

— Vladimir Lenin