Democracy
Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
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Democracy Quotations
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Winston Churchill
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Oscar Wilde
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
Ronald Reagan
Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald Reagan
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. Kennedy
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mahatma Gandhi
Democracy Translations
democracy in Afrikaans is demokrasie
democracy in Danish is demokrati
democracy in Dutch is democratie
democracy in German is Demokratie
democracy in Italian is democrazia
democracy in Norwegian is demokrati
democracy in Portuguese is democracia
democracy in Spanish is democracia
democracy in Swedish is demokrati
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