25 result(s) for Quotes About Why Democracy Is Necessary To Protect Freedom.
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."
"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terror."
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"You can never have freedom without democracy."
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"Where the law ends, tyranny begins."
"Democracy is not merely a form of government; it is primarily a pattern of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
"Constant vigilance by the people over their government is ultimately what ensures that democracy will be a protector of freedom."
"Democracy is not a spectator sport."
"Democracy without education is a mockery."
"Democracy dies in darkness."
"It is the people who control the government, not the other way around."
"In a democracy, the individual is not accountable to the state, but the state to the individual."
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"The most effective way to defend freedom is to extend it."
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant."
"The strength of a democracy is measured by the openness of its prisons."
