Democracy Quotes - Page 15

The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.

Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.

Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.

In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.

A simple democracy is the devil's own government.

My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much and I am willing to do this again if necessary.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right.

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.

So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep can freely express its preference for which kind of wolf it wants to be eaten by. Many sheep, perhaps understandably, prefer a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is after all the basic idea of democracy. So far it has worked pretty well. The wolves all agree on that, and they want to spread democracy everywhere.

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a denial is a growing imbalance which leads to our adoration of self-interest and our denial of the public good.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.