Democracy Quote by Tony Judt

Trust in the ability of people to make decisions about their own future is a fundamental tenet of democracy.

— David Lidington

The past is democratic, because it is a people. The future is despotic, because it is a caprice. Every man is alone in his…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all societies eventually will.

— Anne Applebaum

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.

— Edwin Land

“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs…

— Walter Lippmann

The ideas and principles of democracy should not be limited to politics, but must pervade all areas of social life.

— Bruno Kreisky

“The very concept of social planning, of rational planning for human concerns—that's regarded as virtually subversive. And that's the only thing that could possibly…

— Noam Chomsky

Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy.

— Noam Chomsky

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential…

— Noam Chomsky

The democracy which shows up in the United States and in England is not an ideal democracy, because the will of the people is…

— Hans Fritzsche

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption,…

— Richard Ebeling