Democracy Quote by Walter Lippmann

In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.

— Walter Lippmann

Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional.

— Clinton Rossiter

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

— Woodrow Wilson

Democracy is no easy form of government. Few nations have been able to sustain it. For it requires that we take the chances of…

— Robert Kennedy

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

— John Allen Fraser

The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard democracy, you…

— Narendra Modi

Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

— Poul Henningsen

The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain…

— George Will

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights…

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically…

— Nelson Mandela

“DEMOCRACY is a form of leading state in which the right and power" must be in the hands of the people and absolutely must…

— Khem Veasna

Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on power to…

— Ronald Reagan