Debate Quote by Naomi Wolf

Unless we citizens speak out, unless we are vigilant, democracy cannot fully function.

— Aparna Sen

If democracy is a means rather than an end, its limits must be determined in the light of the purpose we want it to…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

— William H. Hastie

I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy.

— Daniel Suarez

But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development…

— Vladimir Lenin

Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.

— Margaret Halsey

Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.

— Oswald Spengler

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

— Antonio Tabucchi

When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big…

— Anonymous

Democracy's got endless problems and faults and dangers, but it's certain the alternatives are not better.

— W. S. Merwin

Democracy is only as strong as our commitment to it, and we can't let our guard down in the face of threats to it,…

— Phil Scott