Accepting Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at…

— Aristotle

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

— Anonymous

There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.

— Hillary Clinton

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically…

— Nelson Mandela

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

Democracy can survive anything except Democrats

— Robert A. Heinlein

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the…

— David Lloyd George

Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.

— Ronald Reagan

Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.

— Abdurrahman Wahid

Democracy on a supranational level is simply impossible. In order to have democracy, there needs to be a nation.

— Geert Wilders

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed

— Lee Harvey Oswald