Quotes about Democracy

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King Jr.
You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Maca — Jon Stewart
It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see...""You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?""No," said Ford, who by — Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know— — H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
The first duty of a man is to think for himself — José Martí
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker — Malcolm X
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owne — Vladimir Lenin
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution! — Albert Einstein
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. — Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are b — Malcolm X
Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of t — Adam Smith
Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war. — Norman Mailer
Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures. — Leon Trotsky
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives h — José Martí
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. — Vladimir Lenin
I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before. — Michael Collins
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole cent — José Martí
Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between — Vladimir Lenin
The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the cha — Stefan Molyneux
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source o — Fulton J. Sheen