2,003 Quotes About Democracy

One less desirable aspect of democracy is that it seems to require serious demonization of the enemy if the nation and public opinion are to be galvanized sufficiently to pay a serious price in blood or treasure at war.

He didn't ask "Where will you spend eternity?" as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, "With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul?

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

The religion of the future is not going to be christianity, islam, judaism or any such traditional system, rather, the religion of the future is going to be social justice.

Even a thousand bigoted presidents with all the armed forces in the world would turn powerless in front of a hundred conscientious citizens hell-bent on justice.

No injustice is strong enough to face the wrath of the conscience determined for justice.

It is imperative that all uprising be guided by an urge for justice, not a craving for revenge.

Living and breathing is not safe under a totalitarian dictatorship. The only way to keep yourself safe is to remove the totalitarian dictatorship.

Civil disobedience is urged not to destroy the United States but because the government is now poorly organized to achieve democracy. The aim of such a movement always will be to improve the nature of the government, to urge and counsel resistance to military Jim Crow in the interest of a higher law--the principle of equality and justice upon which real community and security depend.