Democracy Quote by Walter E. Williams

Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica…

— Gore Vidal

When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated…

— Walter E. Williams

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

— Ron Paul

The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the…

— Clarence Manion

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its…

— Paul Tsongas

Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to wealth or…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single exception, they…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word 'democracy' does…

— Neal Boortz

The Founders understood that democracy was important, but if you didn't filter it through a republican system you'd be just as likely to end…

— Jonah Goldberg

The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood…

— Ron Paul

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

— Hunter S. Thompson

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and knew what…

— Anonymous