Quotable Quotes on Democracy

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This is where we are going to share the thoughts of famous people on democracy, the revolution this social system has brought about in the lives of the people from all over the world.
You are always welcome to share your personal thoughts or most favorite quotes on the subjects.

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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
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Aristotle

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"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.", Clement Attlee
Democracy wonderfully described and i totally agree with Clement has to say on this things that is so simple and at the same time so complicated. Perhaps we need to redefine the authoritarianism and the dictatorship because when it comes to implementation then you always need an implementer.

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"Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact." - Lyndon Baines Johnson

According to Wikipedia, Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963). He is one of only four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President. Johnson, a Texas Democrat, served as a United States Representative from 1937–1949 and as a Senator from 1949–1961, including six years as United States Senate Majority Leader, two as Senate Minority Leader and two as Senate Majority Whip. After campaigning unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, Johnson was asked by John F. Kennedy to be his running mate for the 1960 presidential election.

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Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike. - Plato
This is the beauty of democracy that after going through a disordered and almost chaotic process involving polarized opinions and diversified parties it brings out something that is acceptable to all parties and that treats them equally.

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"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy." - Abraham Lincoln

Simply wonderful. The freedom with the responsibility best described in a single sentence. You may not be the master but you are not the slave as well and at the same time you are the master of your own destiny.

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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. - Abraham Lincoln

One of my favorite quotes on Democracy. In fact for me this is the best definition of the democracy i have ever read. This explains how Democracy gives the right to the rulers to rule and the ruled ones to elect rulers for themselves. And this is what democracy is all about.

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I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying." - Mark Twain

Expect something ruthlessly true from someone creative. A best description of the human nature.

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It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill

So the Churchill gives his word on democracy that tells us much about this system of governance. You may call it bad, you may call it worse and even you may call it worst but this is the best what we have got so far.

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Henry Louis Mencken, the American journalist, satirist and social critic from 20th century, says about the democracy, "The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy."

Everything has its pros and cons and there are not all the things that have any cure to their cons. However, it is the beauty of democracy that more you practice more it refines itself. Therefore it is said that the democracy is the best revenge against tyrannies and dictatorships.