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Democracy Quotes by Louis D. Brandeis
- We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
- The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
- Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties . . .…
- Democracy is moral before it is political.
- In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen
- Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by…
- The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
- What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through…
- Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other,…
More Democracy Quotes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood