Democracy Quote by Malachy McCourt

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

— Clement Attlee

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

— Harry Belafonte

In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.

— Brigitte Bardot

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

— Dave Barry

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs…

— Richard von Weizsaecker

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does…

— William Greider

In a democracy, you have the right to say what you want, but don't forget about equality: are you putting someone else down by…

— Nicole Seah

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

— Walt Whitman

“democracy is not simply order and rationality displayed in voting, structured decision making, and legislating, but that it also and necessarily is contentious affect…

— Carl DiSalvo

Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city,…

— Sam Levenson

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

— Alan Bullock

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

— J. William Fulbright