Quotes about Democracy
The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power.
— Andrew Jackson
Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.
— Jordan Peterson
In a democracy, citizens have to be self-disciplined, or the country goes down, defeated from within by moral rot.
— Peter Marshall
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.
— Barack Obama
The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.
— Al Gore
I would like to say to my friends in Poland: Let's make good choices, vote for democracy.
— Olga Tokarczuk
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.
— Shirley Chisholm
Democracy is not something you believe in or hang your hat on, but something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles and falls. If you participate, the future is yours.
— Abbie Hoffman
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
— Abraham Lincoln
To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
— Abraham Lincoln
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
— Abraham Lincoln