Democracy Quote by Edward Luce

“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves populated with…

— Oliver H. Woshinsky

A lot of people are very political when they are young, and then they outgrow it.

— Andrew Solomon

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

— Ken Follett

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

— Thomas Mann

“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on…

— Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“In a real democracy, what matters is not just the outcome but the way that citizens participate in a debate about the future. That…

— Mick Hume

“Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage (From LONE WOLF, p.50)”

— Len Webster

“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the…

— Frank Herbert

“Democracy is about one person, one vote. It’s about all of us coming together to determine the future of our country. It is not…

— Bernie Sanders

“The capacity for trust and learning can make life seem less chaotic and mysterious, and democratic politics more plausible and attractive.”

— Timothy Snyder

We know that when people are civically engaged, when they understand what their rights are, when they understand that in a democracy you can…

— Ilhan Omar