Democratic Quotes

1368 Democratic quotes by 898 unique authors

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. — Mercy Otis Warren
Changing the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based on messages of compassion, justice, and equality, as well as… — Medea Benjamin
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret.… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture. — Andrei Sakharov
Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn… — H. L. Mencken
Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power. — Ludwig von Mises
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. — Mark Twain
The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom. — Rudolph Rummel
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both. — Thomas B. Macaulay
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness. — Walter Bagehot
This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement - that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it - that… — Walter Lippmann
History, in a democratic age, tends to become a series of popular apologies, and is inclined to assume that the people can do no wrong. — Unknown Author
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. — Wynton Marsalis
If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the… — Tony Benn
The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative. — Paul Wellstone
Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back in the 1890s.… — Gore Vidal
We want harmonious development, ... We should work together for more democratic and law-based international relations, and a harmonious environment in which countries respect one… — Li Zhaoxing
The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is in a sense… — Noam Chomsky
The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.… — John Dewey
No society has fulfilled its democratic promise if people go hungry... If some go without food they have surely been deprived of all power. The… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
Ensuring the access of all citizens to government information and to essential information for human development is a must for every democratic society. — Koichiro Matsuura
Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus… — Robert Warshow
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach

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