Democracy Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towards…

— Henry David Thoreau

We can enhance democracy by making it in line with its original vision. Read the dollar bill - E pluribus unum, out of many,…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

— Taki Theodoracopulos

Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best…

— Herbert Croly

“DEMOCRACY is a form of leading state in which the right and power" must be in the hands of the people and absolutely must…

— Khem Veasna

So yes in theory there is a kind of a formal democracy and in many ways these were achievements and an improvement over the…

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy has become, unless I mistake, a kind of test or shibboleth, by which we try men and measures; and this is the same…

— James Vila Blake

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

People can go to the extreme like what we saw during the Cultural Revolution. For instance, in China, when people take everything into their…

— Donald Tsang

Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the chances of…

— Robert Kennedy

Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to…

— Atifete Jahjaga

We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person. I think…

— John Shelby Spong