Democracy Quote by Friedrich August von Hayek

But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development…

— Vladimir Lenin

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

— Park Geun-hye

While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the…

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.

— Park Geun-hye

Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the…

— Henry Giroux

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

— Elizabeth Drew

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

— Ha-Joon Chang

Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all.

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative -…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

The virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power.

— Robert Morrison MacIver