That kind of skeptical, questioning, "don't accept what authority tells you" attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind n….
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy..
One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state . . . ….
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..
A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopp….
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series o….
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility..
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority..
Although Christianity has never been the guarantee of a democratic state anywhere in the world, no democracy has ever thrived successfully for any pe….
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding i….
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they have b….
As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of diffe….
Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association de….
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often com….
Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them..
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people..
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare..
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor..
For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom..
Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives..
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have t….