Quotes about Democracy
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.
- Edmund Burke
The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
- Frederick Douglass
It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.
- George Washington
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Democracy is the right choice and is the greatest form of government ever created.
- Max Lucado
We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
- Abraham Lincoln
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
- George Washington
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
- James Madison
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
- John Adams
We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
- Barack Obama
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.
- Nelson Mandela