Democracy Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

— Elizabeth Drew

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 -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

— Edward Abbey

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, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

— Ha-Joon Chang

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

— Lord Acton

Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.

— George Soros

My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy

“[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their…

— Noam Chomsky