Citizens Quote by Edward Gibbon

Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the…

— Charles Koch

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames

“The democratic nations that have introduced freedom into their political constitution at the very time when they were augmenting the despotism of their administrative…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

— Anonymous

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands…

— Sam Houston

“In almost every detail, when one examines it closely, it is not Democracy which makes the system work, but the Individual democrats who, in…

— G.M. Mes

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the…

— Benito Mussolini

Unless we citizens speak out, unless we are vigilant, democracy cannot fully function.

— Aparna Sen

A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and…

— James Madison

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants

— Tony Judt