Quotes about Democracy

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

— George Washington

The virtue of its Citizens is the only Support of a Republican government.

— William Henry Harrison

Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.

— Ronald Reagan

The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!

— Herman Melville

It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves.

— James Madison