Democracy Quote by Will Durant

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free,…

— Aristotle

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

“Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all are to…

— Isocrates

...without equality there can be no democracy.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.

— Michael Sandel

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds…

— Michael Sandel

Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or…

— Wiley Blount Rutledge

The love of democracy is that of equality.

— Baron de Montesquieu