Democracy Quotes
Barack Obama and the Nigerian president Bola Tinubu have the most entries, with H. L. Mencken and Franklin Roosevelt behind them, so a lot of the page is speeches. For the dry material go to Mencken in Smart Set (1910), who called democracy the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard; Shaw’s Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), on election by the incompetent many instead of appointment by the corrupt few; and Disraeli’s Lothair (1870).
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch” is credited to Benjamin Franklin and flagged misattributed. The earliest version in the notes is a Usenet post from 23 April 1990. The line that democracy is the most vile form of government, credited to Madison, is flagged too.
The New Deal was the nearest thing to a revolution ever carried out in a democracy.
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.
Self-determination is an expression of the individual and collective right to democracy.
Democracy calls for sacrifice and tolerance an open ear and a strong voice.
Chaotic democracy and anarchy reflect the Judaeo-Christian rebellion against Nature.
The states are mostly dysfunctional and have failed to deliver dividends of democracy.
Today, freedom is on the offensive, democracy is on the march.
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.