Defined Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

— Che Guevara

Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.

— Jeff Cooper

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

— B. R. Ambedkar

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Democracy on a supranational level is simply impossible. In order to have democracy, there needs to be a nation.

— Geert Wilders

Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.

— Vladimir Putin

There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.

— Hillary Clinton

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

— Herbert Croly

A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.

— John Paul Stevens

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

— John Allen Fraser

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

— Woodrow Wilson

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler