Democracy Quotes

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich" "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost" "A free press can of course be good or bad, but it is certain that without freedom it will never be anything but bad." "Our democracy is worth fighting for, worth dying for because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." "History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient." "Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism." "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. " "We simply must have faith in democracy. To protect ourselves, we must turn to international agreements, international laws, international institutions and understandings." "There are some fundamental values that Europe stands for." "When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power" "Information is the currency of democracy" "But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court" "The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose." "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government." "Information is the currency of democracy." "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness." "Our founders did not try to create a nation where every citizen would be the same"