2,003 Quotes About Democracy

Journalists must uphold democracy; they are its fourth and last pillar

Years before taking office, Hitler told his fellow Nazis, “The Constitution only maps out the arena of the battle, not the goal… once we possess constitutional power, we will mold the state into the shape we hold to be suitable.

One sign of a troubled democracy is that it has taken “freedom” and “license” to mean the same thing.

Bin Laden has been precise in telling America the reasons he is waging war on us. None of the reasons have anything to do with our freedom, liberty, and democracy, but have everything to do with U.S. policies and actions in the Muslim world.

Oggi come ieri, non c’è motivo di pensare che siamo governati da leggi misteriose e sconosciute, anziché da semplici decisioni prese all’interno di istituzioni che sono soggette alla volontà umana, istituzioni umane, che devono dimostrare la propria legittimità e se non superano l’esame possono essere sostituite da altre più libere e più giuste, com’è accaduto spesso in passato.

Law must be just and fair. If law favors others and oppresses the rest. If it is applied to certain individuals and not applied to all, then it is not the law, but dictatorship and autocracy.

the ones who are running the world economy have protected themselves very strongly from market discipline. the neo-liberal system is an attack, in my view, both on the market, and on democracy.

In a democracy, you don't get worthwhile laws to end evil, you get workable people to stop evil laws.

Democracy is not sufficient evidence of power.