Democracy Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs…

— Walter Lippmann

“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not long survive…

— Ben Carson

“One of the crucial traits of real leaders in a democracy is the ability to help people become better informed so that society can…

— William W. Lewis

“Democracy is not just a system, it is an idea that we all have value.”

— Amit Kalantri

“We need democracy and meritocracy, not mockracy and hypocrisy.”

— TheKeyAuthor

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“A democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.”

— Pope John Paul II

“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.”

— Ken Follett

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.”

— Susanna Clarke

“I meet so many ambitious young politicians and leaders who want to jump to the head of the line. They do not know how…

— John Lewis