Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy, Of value is thy freight, ’tis not the Present only, The Past is also stored in thee, Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone, not of the Western continent alone, Earth’s resume entire floats on thy keel O ship, is steadied by thy spars, With thee Time […]
Democracy Quotes
People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
It is easier for a republican form of government to be applauded than realized.
Democracy is a genus, not a species. Getting a democracy is rather like getting a ‘mammal’ for a gift. Kittens are nice. Wolverines will lunch on your eyeballs. You don’t drop a wolverine in your friend’s lap, and then walk away feeling you’ve done him a favor, since ‘the best pets are mammals.’
I am an enthusiast for democracy. And I take that position, not because I believe majority opinion is inevitably right or true – indeed no majority can take away God-given human rights – but because I believe it most effectively safeguards the value of the individual, and, more than any other system, restrains the abuse […]
The case for democracy is not esthetic.
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
The world must be made safe for democracy.
If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
