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When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.

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 daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.