Democracy Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.

— Aleksandr Lebed

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

— Joshua Wong

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

— Margaret Thatcher

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

— David Hogg

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

— Anthony Kennedy

Democracy can survive anything except Democrats

— Robert A. Heinlein

In the future, it will not be the one big message, the one big voice, but millions of us, in our own way, healing,…

— Frances Hesselbein

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential…

— Noam Chomsky

The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation…

— Carl F. H. Henry

When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our problems to…

— Parker J. Palmer