Democracy Quote by Herbert Hoover

Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 is nothing more than an experiment in government, more likely to succeed in a new soil, but likely to be tried in all…

— James Russell Lowell

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

— Daniel Suarez

democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of…

— Shirin Ebadi

Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily defended and…

— Ludwig von Mises

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

— Jon Voight

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

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

— Steve Earle

Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism,…

— Fran Lebowitz

Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for…

— Heinz Galinski