Democratic Government Quotes

24 Democratic Government quotes by 20 unique authors

When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame. — Jack Kemp
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… — Walter Lippmann
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix. — Harry S. Truman
It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. — Friedrich August von Hayek
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. — James Bovard
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and… — Samuel Eliot Morison
As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein and his regime are history, it is my hope that they will get behind the coalition… — Pete Domenici
As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred… — Gordon Tullock
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is… — Simon Bolivar
To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the… — John Drinkwater
If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand,… — Chiang Kai-shek
Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly. — Vaclav Havel
Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So,… — George Soros
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because… — Nathan Myhrvold
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties… — Amartya Sen
Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and,… — Nelson Mandela
Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. — Robert Taft
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. — Alexis de Tocqueville
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least… — Henry Louis Mencken
Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen. — Ritu Ghatourey

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