Jon Voight Quotes

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

The most profound argument for democracy is its faith in man.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

There is a danger in democracy itself.

Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.

Democracy, once unleashed, is a pretty powerful force.

Democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason not authority.

In a democracy, power implies responsibility.

Let The People Rule

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.

The real strength of the democratic theory in opposition to the fascist or communist is that the fascist frankly states that certain people will tell other people what they shall do to be happy, and those other people have little or nothing to say about it. In theory the communists were to do everything in common, in practice a small group there also tells other people what they shall do to achieve their objectives. So far more nearly than any other form of government, the democratic form has allowed people to shape their own government

Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.

Without democracy, we are voiceless subjects. But with it, we are citizens armed with the power to change our destinies.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Life has to be dangerous.

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.