Democracy Quotes

"The strengthening of our statehood is at times deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism." "Where annual elections end where slavery begins" "Suffrage is the pivotal right" "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty" "For more than 200 years, our democracy has been distinguished by the peaceful transfer of power" "In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival." "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation" "I've always believed America is a place that prepares a person to stand up, speak out and be heard" "An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people" "Poverty in democracy is as much to be preferred to so-called prosperity under despots, as freedom to slavery." "The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone" "If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within" "War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to sustain its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. " "In our governments, the real power lies in the majority of the community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the government is the mere instrument of the major number of the constituents." "O, let my land be a land where Liberty "