Quotes about Democracy
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
- Franklin Pierce
The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
- John Lennon
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
- Abraham Lincoln
The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.
- John Wesley
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.
- Thomas Jefferson
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
- Harry S. Truman
The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.
- Thomas Jefferson
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.
- James Madison
Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.
- Herbert Hoover
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
- Benjamin Disraeli