Democracy Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“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

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.”

— Jerome Nathanson

“I’ve always been very concerned with democracy. If you can’t imagine you could be wrong, what’s the point of democracy? And if you can’t…

— Warren Berger

“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are always human,…

— Joost A. M. Meerloo

“For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?”

— Anna Jae

“Success of democracy lies within the analytical thought of a common man.”

— M.H. Rakib

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

— Winston S. Churchill