“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.”

“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...”

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

“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.”

“I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.”

“The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.”

“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.”

“Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.”

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