Democracy Quotes

"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once" "If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved" "A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person" "The interests of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place" "In a republic this rule ought to be observed, that the majority should not have the predominant power." "Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority" "Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike." "Protection against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough" "Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage" "We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around"