Democracy Quote by Brooks Atkinson Download Open image “After each war there is a little less democracy to save.” — Brooks Atkinson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Less Little Save War
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive. — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation… — Carl F. H. Henry Copy Share Image
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside. — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
