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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes about Democracy

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...without equality there can be no democracy.

...without equality there can be no democracy.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Political, Democracy, Politics

To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Healthy, Democracy, Citizens
Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Ideas, Democracy, Firsts

We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Fear, Democracy, Needs

A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Government, Rights, Democracy

Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Justice, Diversity, Democracy
Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?

Eleanor Roosevelt
Democracy, Problem, Miscellaneous
Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (2009). “My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962”, p.56, Da Capo Press

If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Heart, Democracy, World

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

Eleanor Roosevelt
People, Democracy, Able

I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Democracy, May, Way
Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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