Cold Quote by Ronald Reagan

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

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

— Jeff Cooper

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you…

— Charles Bukowski

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

— Jamie Dimon

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over. They promise…

— Nikita Khrushchev

There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America.

— Rush Limbaugh

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Abraham Lincoln