Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.

Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.

To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray,"
said Lycurgus, "do you first set read more

To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray,"
said Lycurgus, "do you first set a democracy in your own house."

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the read more

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

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. . . .

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

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.

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

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

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.