Democracy quotes

" Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

"Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy."

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”