Quotes about Democracy
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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