2,003 Quotes About Democracy

Democracy is not something we have by divine right. It is a hard-won privilege granted to us by those who came before us and fought for it. These were people who knew the tyranny and injustice of oppressive masters who would deny ordinary people a voice and basic human rights, such as freedom of expression and association. But we forget that democracy requires an active, informed, and engaged citizenry that seeks the well-being of all, not just their gang, in order to thrive.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Democracy is the most veiled form of tyranny.

Democracy is proving to be worse than monarchy. In a monarchy, if the king is good, the conditions are good. Democracy, it seems, is a choice between the worse and the worst.

War hysteria and dark nationalism deactivates the mass prefrontal cortex ( the rational brain ) and activates the amygdala ( the fear centers ). They are the key tools for dark democracy.

It is not quite correct that a higher rate of participation is always favourable for democracy…. A growth in the rate of participation can indicate a weakening of social cohesion which will lead democracy to its death; inversely, the widespread opinion that ‘voting can’t change much’, by diminishing participation, can contribute to the stability of the regime.

All humans are equal, but not everyone has the mental capacity to decide what's best for harmony and progress of a people.

Government is the servant, not the master.

Such democracy that, fails to establish the teamwork without distinction collapses within its frame since it causes deficiency itself, to qualify as a real and stable democracy.