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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is about electoral competition.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over. They promise…

— Nikita Khrushchev

Democracy is a life, and involves continual struggle.

— Robert M. La Follette, Sr

It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come together to…

— David Graeber

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

— Brent Scowcroft

Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make…

— Anne Applebaum