Democracy Quote by James Madison

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Political liberty—that is, the ability of societies to rule themselves—does not depend only on the degree to which a society can mobilize opposition to…

— Francis Fukuyama

“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there…

— Benjamin Franklin

If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to…

— James Madison

“the very definition of a Republic, is "an Empire of Laws, and not of men.”

— Charles River Editors

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be…

— Gene Sharp

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excersize…

— Abe Lincoln

I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain itself in strength: 1. That of general education, to enable…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in…

— Montesquieu

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent…

— Orson Pratt

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

— Caleb Cushing