Capacity Quote by George Weigel

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

— Mark McKinnon

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

— Anthony Kennedy

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

— Margaret Thatcher

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather…

— Helen Keller

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

— Joshua Wong

If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't…

— Martin Firrell

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

— William H. Hastie

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

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our problems to…

— Parker J. Palmer

I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy.

— Daniel Suarez

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

If democracy is finished, all is lost.

— Mamata Banerjee