Democracy Quote by Claude Pepper

In a democracy, you can be right and still lose power.

— James Wolfensohn

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule;…

— William Allen White

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

— Naomi Klein

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and…

— Dominic Grieve

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

— Walter Ulbricht

Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.

— James Madison

Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting…

— Tzipi Livni

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

— John Dryden

“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.”

— Jerome Nathanson

Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient…

— Ben Fountain

“DEMOCRACY is a form of leading state in which the right and power" must be in the hands of the people and absolutely must…

— Khem Veasna

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

— James Russell Lowell