Democracy Quote by Mignon McLaughlin

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

— Art Spander

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Parker Palmer puts it, “Democracy gives us the right to disagree and is designed to use the energy of creative conflict to drive positive…

— John Fea

Democracy gives you the freedom to choose who just prefer to have their abuse

— Mak_786

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

— James Russell Lowell

Democracy is a system that gives people a chance to elect rascals of their own choice.

— Doug Larson

“In the end, democracy gives us popular and handsome men, not geniuses.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs…

— Barack Obama

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

— James Bryce

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

— Walter E. Williams

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and…

— Archibald MacLeish

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

— Edward Snowden