Democracy Quote by Fisher Ames

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

— Alexander Hamilton

Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.

— H. L. Mencken

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever…

— Ronald Reagan

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?

— Frederic Bastiat

Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion…

— Immanuel Kant

“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be a group…

— Richard D. Baris

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

— Ron Paul

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

— John Adams

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

— Edmund Burke

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

— Mustafa Akyol

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

— Alexander Hamilton

“On the other hand, it will be equally forgotten that the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the…

— Alexander Hamilton