Quotes: Democracy

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

We shouldn’t waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state’s structure.

I have great confidence in Taiwan’s democracy.

Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

I’m tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t work. We are supposed to work it.

We know that if we’re going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we’re going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We’ve seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.