Meg Greenfield Quotes

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

If allowed, democracy does actually work.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Democracy is only tolerable because no other system is.

They which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

The principle problem is the belief that democracy is the talisman for all the world’s problems.

Above all, democracy means pluralism.

Democracy is the best revenge.

Democracy is messy.

In a democracy sometimes you go forwards and sometimes you go backward.

Democracy is a self-correcting mechanism.

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

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

Democracy abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.