Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

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.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of read more

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.

Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
[Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.]

Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
[Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.]

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

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