Democracy Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves from destroying…

— Bernard Crick

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…

— Harry S. Truman

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The freedom and human capacities of individuals must be developed to their maximum but individual powers must be linked to democracy in the sense…

— Henry Giroux

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one…

— Woodrow Wilson

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free,…

— Aristotle

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at…

— Aristotle

Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and spiritual beings.

— Robert M. Hutchins

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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