2,003 Quotes About Democracy

Till we successfully build a meritocratic society, the integrity of a democracy remains predicated on the integrity of the civil servants. Civil servants are the first defenders of democracy, against crooked politicians as well as angry, mindless mobs.

When the motorcade lengthens, democracy diminishes.

Socialism, like democracy, is an attitude of mind

Meritocracy is the fulfillment of democracy, not the destruction of it.

Also we avoided the toadying and crowd pleasing of democracy, an idea so far-fetched that I am tempted to suggest that it was never practiced save by writers of fiction.

We tried a spontaneous exercise in the old democracy, and Tarent carried it by superior force of personality rather than reasoning or merit. This is exactly why democracy could never work as a governmental system.

The question that poses itself is exactly what onemeans by “democracy.” Is it to be identified with self-conscious peoples ruling themselves, or does it entail the establishment and maintenance of “civicculture” by experts with “progressive” social views? Although these two opposed understandings have coexisted in the same societies, they are fundamentally incompatible.

Democracy is a revolution itself, to leading a society with one person's theory is not a revolution but a "terrible force" occupation. The best, effective, peaceful, and powerful revolution is a "Vote," in a proper way.

.. simply because a nation is a democracy does not mean that its foreign policy will necessarily turn out to be better or more enlightened than that of a dictatorship.