Democracy Quote by Pat Robertson

The inability to grasp the pathology* of our oligarchic rulers is one of our gravest faults.

— Chris Hedges

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

— John C. Calhoun

Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every species of…

— John C. Calhoun

Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future…

— Henry Cabot Lodge

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the…

— Barbara Jordan

“If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society…

— Daniel Myerson

We always make the mistake in the United States of America in Democratic or Republican administrations alike is we tend to embrace the despot…

— Anthony Weiner

“Oligarchies, throughout past history, have always thought more of their own advantage than of that of the rest of the community. It would be…

— Bertrand Russell

When we're worried about a bureaucracy and keeping the bureaucracy going, you're always going to make mistakes.

— John Calipari

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

— Phil Knight

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton