Democracy Quote by Calvin Coolidge

“In a democracy government is the God.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us.”

— Bernard R. Crick

“And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to show your…

— Dag Solstad

The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has…

— John Adams

“There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man. That is a perfectly simple fact which the…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

“If we fail now, we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith, that freedom asks more…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“There is no doubt that we have defeated too many dictators; but we must not forget that the religion is still out there.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is…

— Herbert Hoover

“Democracy bases its appeal on the sacredness of the People – the consecration of Folk; socialism on the sacredness of Labor – the consecration…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

“From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small…

— James Madison