Democracy Quotes
3156 quotes by 1601 authors
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
— Aristotle
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is…
— Aristotle
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike…
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they…
— Aristotle
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
— Giorgio Armani
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
— Richard Armitage
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
— Richard Armour
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
— Karen Armstrong
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
— Chinua Achebe
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have…
— Chinua Achebe
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no…
— Margaret Atwood
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
— Ibrahim Babangida
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
— Irving Babbitt
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
— Irving Babbitt
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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to…
— Michelle Bachelet
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For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.
— Michelle Bachelet
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force…
— Lord Acton
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The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
— Dave Barry
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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
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