government and politics on Democracy

When a citizen gives his suffrage (vote) to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor, he betrays the interest of his country.

It is the people’s business, — the election is in their hands. If they turn their backs to the fire, and get scorched in the rear, they’ll find they have got to sit on the blister!

We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will rea...

We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.

Leader: Thank you for this country, Lord.  People: Thank you for the freedom to worship without fear. Thank you for the freedom to preach and teach your word.  Leader: We pray for our b...

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have...

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely [in all respects].

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

But, as the British Constitution is the most subtile organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the...

Always vote for a principle, though you vote alone, and you may cherish the sweet reflection that your vote is never lost.

In America we get to choose who is going to ruin our country.

I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them, 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy. 2. To speak no evil of the person they vo...

I am always intrigued by how few Americans know the account of what has been called the most important unknown moment in American history and the single most important gathering ever held in the Unite...

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.