America Quote by Krystal Ball

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

— Anonymous

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

— Albert Camus

I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy that is…

— George Soros

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

— Roger Nash Baldwin

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

Far from an excess of majority rule, American democracy has seen the rise of minority rule, with efforts to entrench it in the states.

— Jamelle Bouie

As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy.

— Marianne Williamson

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of…

— Vladimir Lenin

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed

— Lee Harvey Oswald

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic.

— Rush Limbaugh

Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even if we…

— William J. Murray