2,003 Quotes About Democracy

To own your life is hardly goodUnless you own your livelihood:To own your livelihood's as badIf, in exchange, your life is had.

Bir ülkede iyi bir hükümet olduğunda, sözler de davranışlar da yüce ve gözü pektir. Kötü hükümet olduğunda, davranışlar yüce ve gözü pek olabilir ama sözlere kimi çekinceler konabilir.

Ahora se habla de democracia. Nosotros, los españoles, ya la hemos conocido. Y no nos dio resultado. Cuando otros van hacia la democracia, nosotros ya estamos de vuelta. Estamos dispuestos a sentarnos en la meta y esperar a que los otros regresen también.

We know that freedom has a price. Democracy has a price. But maybe we paid a price that is higher than freedom and higher than democracy. There is always a price for freedom. But not this much.

The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts.

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the stupid leader and so on ad nauseam.

The important thing is that we are participating-whether it's by running, voting, or supporting (financially or otherwise) candidates who make a difference to women. Don't leave shit up to others, 'cause that's how we get fucked over.

Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all are to share absolutely alike, or that every man is to receive his due. Our ancestors preferred that 'equality' which does not efface the distinction between merit and worthlessness.

In modern democracies, one is always too few and two are always too many