Changed Quote by Theodore C. Sorensen

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.

— Jesse Helms

Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient…

— Ben Fountain

Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.

— Winston Churchill

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

— Ibrahim Babangida

Democracy is not perfect.

— Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

— Al Smith

Democracy's got endless problems and faults and dangers, but it's certain the alternatives are not better.

— W. S. Merwin

“Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it’s eight times as good as any other…

— Robert A. Heinlein

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

— Antonio Tabucchi

But now well democracy has shown us that what is evil are the grosses têtes, the big heads, all big heads are greedy for…

— Gertrude Stein

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their…

— Ivan Krastev