I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant.
Democracy Quotes
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.
Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they were equal in any respect, they were equal absolutely.
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.
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 surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through.
We have about 60% of the world’s wealth but only 6.3% of its population. In this situation we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity. We need not […]
