Democracy Quotes

“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country, this is your democracy.”

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.”

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.”

"The government is merely a servant - merely a temporary servant."

Mark Twain

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

"The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us."

"Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms."

"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone."

Thomas Jefferson

"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."

"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."

Al Smith

"A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living."

John Dewey

"Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy."

B. R. Ambedkar

"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."

James Russell Lowell

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Thomas Jefferson

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."

Theodore Roosevelt

"A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it."

"In a democracy dissent is an act of faith."

J. William Fulbright

"Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy."

Walter Cronkite

"Dissent is the safety valve of democracy."

D. Y. Chandrachud

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking."

Clement Attlee

“In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.”