Democracy Quote by E. B. White

democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

— Jane Addams

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.

— Abdolkarim Soroush

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can…

— Michael Shermer

One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church…

— R.J. Rushdoony

If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.

— Maysoon Zayid

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

— Barack Obama

Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.

— John Dewey

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is…

— Herbert Hoover

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind.…

— John Quincy Adams

“Religion is to democracy as a bridle is to a horse. Religion moderates democracy because it appeals to an authority higher than democracy itself.5…

— Charles J. Chaput