As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-Abraham Lincoln
Quotations
Democracy
Democracy means not I am as good as you are, but you are as good as I am.
-Theodore Parker
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
-George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
-Jorge Luis Borges
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston S. Churchill
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
-James Bovard
"Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty"
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
-Irving Kristol
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
-Winston S. Churchill
