Counsel Quote by Woodrow Wilson

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

— Eugene McCarthy

The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk…

— Harry Allen Overstreet

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…

— Harry S. Truman

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

— Aristotle

“democracy is about the conditions that make it possible for ordinary people to better their lives by becoming political beings and by making power…

— Sheldon S. Wolin

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

— James Russell Lowell

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 is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an…

— B. R. Ambedkar

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality…

— Anna Garlin Spencer

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It…

— Brian Eno

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

— Anonymous