Democracy Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

— Nancy Gibbs

There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the race has raised

— Anonymous

I believe that here in South Africa, with all our diversities of colour and race; we will show the world a new pattern for…

— Albert Lutuli

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

— Eskinder Nega

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

Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to…

— Carrie Chapman Catt

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy is a process - it's not an end state, and our democracy continues to evolve, and sometimes we go backward.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

— Frank Field

In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

— Lani Guinier

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

— Brent Scowcroft