Democracy Quote by William Allen White

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

Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population once enslaved…

— Howard Zinn

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.

— Noam Chomsky

“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 reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.

— Anonymous

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy

— Claude Pepper

It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course,…

— Joseph Campbell

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and…

— Dominic Grieve

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

— John Dryden

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also…

— Margaret Thatcher

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

— Robert Caro

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

— Albert Camus