It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their […]
Democracy Quotes
If our democracy is to flourish it must have criticism, if our government is to function it must have dissent. Only totalitarian governments insist upon conformity and they – as we know – do so at their peril… Americans have a stake in nonconformity, for they know that the American genius is nonconformist. It is […]
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.
The motive power of democracy is love.
We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much.
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
The social justice for which we are striving is an incident of our democracy, not the main end.
False democracy shouts, Every man down to the level of the average. True democracy cries, All men up to the height of their fullest capacity for service and achievement.
