Democracy Quote by Gavin Esler Download Open image ““Democracy is about the majority understanding that minorities have rights too.”” — Gavin Esler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Learning
“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.” — Jerome Nathanson Copy Share Image
“Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people. Majority rule was a foreign notion. A… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.” — Newton Lee Copy Share Image
One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.” — Jack Lessenberry Copy Share Image
“...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.” — Sarah Ayoub Copy Share Image
Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not just a system, it is an idea that we all have value.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The skills necessary to change nappies or negotiate Brexit are obviously very different, but both involve a great deal of trust in the competence… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
The country I live in is never clear about its name. My passport says 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' and… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Personally, I hope that we British continue to criticise America - just as I hope Americans will criticise us. That is what friends do. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
As a teenager in Scotland, I had American friends, sons and daughters of officers at a U.S. Air Force base. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that prog rock has an image problem: many musicians hate the label, and too many people associate it with 10-minute drum… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
The Cold War, Bosnia and Ukraine remind us that peace is fragile. Iraq and Syria remind us that no society or culture is immune… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Let me say it up front: I don't like bad hair or capes. I'm not into witches, warlocks or elves. I would never try… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Government is not a game show, though at times it is amusing and entertaining to watch. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
My alphabet book at Duddingston Primary, Edinburgh, began traditionally with 'a is for apple,' but when it came to 'g,' it was 'g is… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Democratic government is difficult. It is much more difficult than populists claim. It's not like running a business or a police force. It demands… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
American elections have usually turned on the issues of war, peace and the economy. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
At seven years old, I won a scholarship to George Heriot's School, an independent school in Edinburgh, and I was there until I was 17. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
