| "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." »Winston Churchill |
| "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." »Reinhold Niebuhr |
| "Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be establishedat every level--there's little bargaining, a little give and take,but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy." »Noam Chomsky |
| "democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." »Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville |
| "Information is the currency of democracy." »Thomas Jefferson |
| "It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting." »Tom Stoppard |
| "democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them." »Marquis de Flers Robert |
| "The love of democracy is that of equality." »Charles de Montesquieu |
| "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." »Winston Churchill |
| "democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating." »Ronald Reagan |
| "democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse." »Jawaharlal Nehru |
| "The world must be made safe for democracy." »Woodrow Wilson |
| "Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy." »Blessing Irish |
| "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." »John F. Kennedy |
| "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy." »Abraham Lincoln |
| "I swear to the LordI still can't seeWhy democracy meansEverybody but me." »Langston Hughes, uThe Black Man Speaksu |
| "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change." »Dan Quayle |
| "democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear." »Alan Coren |
| "If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism if our government is to function it must have dissent." »Henry Commager |
| "In democracy its your vote that counts. In feudalism its your count that votes." »Mogens Jallberg |
| "The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid." »Art Spander |
| "democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." »Louis D. Brandeis |
| "While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty." »Charles Evans Hughes |
| "So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy." »Roger Baldwin |
| "I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy." »A. J. Liebling |
| "democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." »H.L. Mencken |
| "democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame." »Laurence J. Peter |
| "In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects." »J. W. Fulbright |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
