Democracy Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger…

— Franklin D Roosevelt

“The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a…

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“To the Congress: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy is a danger to any powerful group.

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty which maintains…

— Chiang Kai-shek

The real danger of democracy is, that the classes which have the power under it will assume all the rights and reject all the…

— William Graham Sumner

Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.

— Felix Frankfurter

There is a danger in democracy itself.

— Danny Kaye

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

Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world…

— Ron Paul

“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in…

— Montesquieu

“The world will never be safe for democracy—it is a dangerous trade”

— G. K. Chesterton