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Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any other form of democratic governance.

— Eduardo Paes

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what they can to keep it.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

— Gore Vidal

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.

— Peggy Noonan

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

— Robert A. Dahl

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

— Woodrow Wilson

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

— David Harsanyi

✗Opposing Perspectives

You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj