Democracy Quote by James Buchanan Download Open image “I like the noise of democracy.” — James Buchanan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Noise
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't get to… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“My momma always said bossy was good for a deputy and bad for everything else.” — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Fuck, he couldn’t. But Brandon knew that he’d never forgive himself if he didn’t do everything in his power. Even if it failed, he… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
“I couldn't move. Never been hit by anything that powerful. Overwhelmed. Lost. Falling. My chest heaved. I shook. I pulled Kabe hard against me,… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves as property in states where slavery exists. This, then, is not a question of general morality,… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
I believe it to be a great political and a great moral evil. I thank God, my lot has been cast in a state… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
“We'd gone at it like jackrabbits the night before...hard and fast. This felt nine kinds of different. Relaxed, familiar, comfortable-scared me to my bones.” — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
