18th century Quote by Noah Feldman

Part of the reason we like democracy is it's the portfolio of decades, which is to say you don't also get the disastrous dictator…

— Reid Hoffman

Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.

— Valerie Jarrett

Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism,…

— Fran Lebowitz

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both…

— Daniel Yankelovich

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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

— W. S. Merwin

Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its citizens aristocrats.…

— Peter Viereck

Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what…

— Frank Gehry

What good is democracy if you can't get what you want?

— Drew Carey

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

— James Bovard