A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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.
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.
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.
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.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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