Freedom Quote by George Orwell

“Democracy, I say, is not based on violence or terrorism, but on reason, on fair play, on freedom, on respecting other people’s rights as…

— Martin Gilbert

“Defending democracy" also sounds fine; but to defend democracy by military means, one must be militarily efficient and one cannot become militarily efficient without…

— Aldous Huxley

We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its…

— Deeyah Khan

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise…

— Poul Henningsen

“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and no elected…

— Edward De Bono

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads…

— Muqtada al Sadr

The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

— C. V. Wedgwood

“Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.”

— Bill Moyers

“It is like democracy is a bottle someone can threaten to smash and do a bit of damage with. It has become a time…

— Ali Smith

“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames