30 phrases about democracy that bring different thoughts

The press that builds a democracy is the press that says what it wants, gives the opinion it wants and expresses itself the way it wants.

Dilma Rousseff

Nobody wants democracy to be perfect or flawless. It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, save for all other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Winston Churchill

Authoritarian governments do not respect democracy and do not make a point of hiding it.

Hungry democracy, without education and health for the majority, is an empty shell.

Nelson Mandela

Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkeys’ cage.

Henry Louis Mencken

The biggest threat to democracy, socio-economic justice and economic growth in this country is the monopolistic control of a few companies over the economy.

Nelson Mandela

Democracy has its many flaws, but we must fight to preserve it.

Equal opportunities for men and women is an essential principle of democracy.

Dilma Rousseff

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you can vote before obeying orders.

Charles Bukowski

Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is not heaven, but it manages to ensure that we don’t go to hell.

Leandro Karnal

The good thing about capitalism is just the democratic framework. One of the biggest historical mistakes of the left that became fanatic was to antagonize socialism and democracy.

Paulo Freire

Artists are firefighters in the fires of democracy.

Antonio Tabucchi

Democracy is a delight, a beauty, but it has certain costs.

Ciro Gomes

Democracy is not just the law of the majority, it is the law of the majority respecting the rights of minorities.

Clement Attlee

Democracy allows abominable creatures to seize power.

Aldous Huxley

Democracy is giving everyone the same starting point. About the start points, it’s depends from anyone.

Fernando Sabino

The greatest disgrace of democracy is that it brings out the numerical strength of the idiots, who are the majority of humanity.

Nelson Rodrigues

Democracy does not run, but it arrives safely at the goal.

Johann Goethe

In a dictatorship, it would not be possible to march for democracy. In a democracy, you can march asking for dictatorship.

Mario Sergio Cortella

Democracy is an achievement that humanity needs to be constantly renewing and caring for.

Freedom of choice, even if very limited, is the greatest asset of democracy.

When under strong threat, democracy shows its worst claws.

It was our parents who fought so that we could be children of democracy and not dictatorship.

Democracy is the destiny of humanity; freedom your indestructible arm.

Benito Juárez

There are those who defend democracy with an authoritarian tone that borders on dictatorship and don’t even realize it.

Anyone who has never lived a truly repressive government does not know what a blessing a democracy is.

Democracy does not intend to create saints, but to do justice.

Paulo Freire

A truly democratic government is one that listens to everyone, without any kind of discrimination or prejudice.

Democracy is something much more difficult to preserve than it seems.