Democracy Quotes - Page 3

Democracy changes its opinions from time to time, philosophy doesn't.

People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.

Just as war is too important to leave it to the generals, science and technology are too important to leave in the hands of the experts.

Any constituency that needs amending, is a prototype in error.

Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments of science, than meditation; and nothing is less suited to meditation than the structure of democratic society.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

Transparency means to dedicate our thoughts and efforts to non privacy rules and not to defend negative intelligence ideas or surveillance programs.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.

Presidents are selected, not elected.

Democracy is the best revenge.

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.