Democracy Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about democracy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Democratic aspiration is not just a recent phase in human history. It is human history.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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A great democracy must progress or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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If there were a nation of gods, they would govern themselves democratically; but such a perfect government is not suitable for men.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Democracy seems only suitable for a very small country.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The democracy has emerged from the idea that if men are equal in any respect, they are equal in all.