Peniel E. Johnson Quotes

I like the noise of democracy.

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

Above all, democracy means pluralism.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

Democracy is like a street car. You get off when you reach your destination.

Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Democracy doesn't mean electing a dictator every five years.

My political ideal is democracy.

Democratic processes require time.

A democratic government must always be left free to be operated upon by the will of the majority of the time being. All that the government of the day can do is to ascertain what now appears to be the best principle.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

Democracy is about opposition.

Democracy can be noisy and messy. But it works.

Democracy in a nation of 300 million people can be noisy and messy and complicated. And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy. That's just how it is.

Democracy is a self-correcting mechanism.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. It is the feeling of privacy in the voting booths, the feeling of communion in the libraries, the feeling of vitality everywhere.

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.