Democracy Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.”

— Gaston Arman de Caillavet

Since the founding of our nation, our democracy has been the beacon of hope and the standard by which other countries look to.

— Jeff Van Drew

“Success of democracy lies within the analytical thought of a common man.”

— M.H. Rakib

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them

— Anonymous

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

— Oscar Wilde

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

— H. L. Mencken

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

— Abraham Lincoln

Democracy means decision by those concerned.

— Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker