Concepts Quote by Andre Vltchek

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

— Anonymous

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.

— Jeff Cooper

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

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

I would say democracy once meant an organizational society and a state, in which the individual citizen is - feels - responsible, and acts…

— Erich Fromm

Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but, on the…

— Vladimir Lenin

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged…

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't…

— Ramsey Clark

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the…

— Dalton Trumbo

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

— Abraham Lincoln

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 means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

— Oscar Wilde