Believe Quote by Yair Lapid

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient…

— Ben Fountain

“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in…

— Jose Saramago

I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government. Citizens must…

— Elissa Slotkin

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

— Edward Bernays

One of the central assumptions of the concept of democracy, perhaps its most central assumption, is that by and large human beings are better…

— Sidney Hook

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

— Noam Chomsky

Trust in the ability of people to make decisions about their own future is a fundamental tenet of democracy.

— David Lidington

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj