Democracy Quote by Horace Mann

Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall.

— Timothy D. Snyder

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils,…

— Joseph Story

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

— Haile Selassie

In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens…

— Theodore Roosevelt

But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

— Andrew Johnson

Republics have a longer life and enjoy better fortune than principalities, because they can profit by their greater internal diversity. They are the better…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I mean, republics have fallen because of Praetorian Guard mentality where government officials get very arrogant, they identify the national interest with their own…

— William Barr

Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It…

— Westbrook Pegler

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.

— Wendell Phillips

Many have dreamed up republics and principalities that have never in truth been known to exist; the gulf between how one should live and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu