Ambition Quote by John Stuart Mill

“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

“The democratic nations that have introduced freedom into their political constitution at the very time when they were augmenting the despotism of their administrative…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain…

— George Will

“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

And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most…

— Aristotle

A constitutional state is like daily bread, like water to drink and air to breath, and the best thing about democracy is that it…

— Gustav Radbruch

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down…

— Walter Lippmann

Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional.

— Clinton Rossiter

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as…

— Walter Lippmann

[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy…

— Fisher Ames

Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or…

— Anonymous

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite…

— Anonymous