Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.