Democracy Quote by Jacques Maritain

The tragedy of the modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in realizing democracy.

— Jacques Maritain

Political democracy has failed in the U.S. because there hasn't been economic democracy.

— David Dellinger

Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.

— Richard A. Clarke

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

— David Hogg

America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.

— Jimmy Carter

Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive…

— Wei Jingsheng

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

Struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy.

— Hillary Clinton

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

— Eskinder Nega

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

— Jimmy Carter

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

— John Adams

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the…

— David Lloyd George