Democracy Quotes
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.
A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.
Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
Democracy and violence can ill go together. Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
Many challenges need to be responded to: the emergence of multiparty coalitions as a regular form of government that need to rapidly evolve as a stable, two-party system.
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope, in the world?
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