Democracy Quote by Rousseau Jean-Jacques

“We need democracy and meritocracy, not mockracy and hypocrisy.”

— TheKeyAuthor

“It is in this sense that responsibility is liberty; the more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware…

— Thornton Wilder

“Brandeis can be taken to have offered a conception of the social role of the idealized citizen. For such a citizen, active engagement in…

— Cass R. Sunstein

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“Democracy doesn’t give everything, but it grants the freedom to be yourself and pursue what you need.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and no elected…

— Edward De Bono

“The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs. The duty of government is to help them do it. This is…

— Robert Crichton

“The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.”

— Karl Popper

In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the…

— William Blackstone

“Liberty, the very opposite of ownership and control, cannot, then, result from political action, either at the polls or the barricades, but rather evolves…

— Tom Robbins

“Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see in democracy?”

— William Edgar Stafford

“In a real democracy, what matters is not just the outcome but the way that citizens participate in a debate about the future. That…

— Mick Hume