Democracy Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

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

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

— Anonymous

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

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

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

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

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

— Barack Obama

The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.

— William Safire

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

— Noam Chomsky

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