“I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.”

“it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.”

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors som...”

“When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democrac...”

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other f...”

“Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.”

“Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.”

“Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democ...”

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”

“If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible.”

“If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.”