Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for
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Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for
ourselves.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

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

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

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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

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

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are
held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable read more

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are
held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable
candidates.