Dear Quote by Ben Jonson

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

— Plato

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The only thing truly within our power, may be whether or not we will behave in each moment with arrogance or reverence.

— Lawrence Kushner

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

— Frederick Law Olmsted

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

— Gary Hamel

There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.

— Terry Eagleton

[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than…

— Algernon Sidney

I believe - indeed, I know - that whatever is fine and beautiful in the human expresses and asserts itself in spite of government,…

— Emma Goldman

This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder,…

— Ronald Reagan

“One peculiarity of our present [ethical] climate is that we care much more about our rights than about our 'good'. For previous thinkers about…

— Simon Blackburn