Quotes about Democracy
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
— Alexander Hamilton
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
— Thomas Jefferson
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
— Franklin Pierce
The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
— John Lennon
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
— Abraham Lincoln
The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.
— John Wesley
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.
— Thomas Jefferson
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
— Harry S. Truman
The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.
— Thomas Jefferson