Democracy Quote by Edward Teller

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

— Niels Bohr

“Open confession of dictatorship is far less dangerous than sham democracy. One can defend oneself against the former; the latter is like a creeper…

— Wilhelm Reich

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

— Jamie Dimon

The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.

— Natalie Angier

Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy.

— Aldous Huxley

I believe that democracy is the best guarantor for peace and cooperation among nations.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ultimately, the best strategy to ensure our security and to build a durable peace is to support the advance of democracy elsewhere. Democracies don't…

— William J. Clinton

Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. … If you fight…

— Gene Sharp

History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones. If by democratic methods…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Most of the dictators do allow freedom in the private space. it is their tentacles in the public space that are considered the killers…

— R. N. Prasher

The dictatorship is shut up, democracy is always concerned.

— Woody Allen