Best Democracy Proverbs

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English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude
We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy… — Katharine Graham
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows… — Mahatma Gandhi
Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of… — Edward Said
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy — A J Liebling
In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. — Walter Lippmann
When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which belongs to the… — Ludwig von Mises
I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the masses. I passionately… — Alexis de Tocqueville
At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society, groups,… — Robert Kennedy
Since outright slavery has been discredited, "democracy" is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept. — Joseph Sobran
Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they… — Joseph Sobran
Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos. — John Marshall
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this. — Ron Paul
We've been fighting from the beginning for organic architecture. That is, architecture where the whole is to the part as the part is to the… — Frank Lloyd Wright
The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. — Virginia Foxx
Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Why does the UK government ignore workplace bullying? Our system of democracy - government and law - is based on the adversarial model. To be… — Tim Field
I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community. — Terry Tempest Williams
The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win. — Orson Scott Card
The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the… — Helen Keller
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
If the great story of the last century was the conflict among various political ideologies-communism, fascism and democracy-then the great narrative of this century will… — Cynthia Tucker
...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle… — Karl Marx
But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development from… — Vladimir Lenin
The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good. — A J Muste

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