Democracy Quote by Jamelle Bouie

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 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 not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and…

— Ilka Chase

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

The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation…

— Carl F. H. Henry

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a bundle of rights and freedoms wrestled from the powerful. Our rulers only surrender their power when compelled to - when the…

— Owen Jones

Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make…

— Anne Applebaum

Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the…

— Karl Marx

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Eskinder Nega

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