Democracy Quote by Jose Saramago

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism,…

— Peter L. Berger

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has…

— James Russell Lowell

I've always lived in a democratic society.

— Pierre Trudeau

There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.

— Vladimir Putin

We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're…

— Ramsey Clark

The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at…

— Yair Lapid

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make…

— Anne Applebaum

If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.

— Tony Benn

In America, we do not have a democracy. It's not what we have. We have a representative republic and therefore the rules and regulations…

— Rush Limbaugh

You don't have any vestige of democracy in this country. A report recently came out of Princeton University claiming that, of all the policies…

— Henry Giroux