David Broder Quotes

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

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership.

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

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

Democracy abhors a vacuum.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course.

Politics is a good thing!

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

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

In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and they deserve what they get.

The essential thing about democracy is that no one is indispensable.

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

In a Democracy, look how many … many powerful Orators there are with the people.

Democratic government consists of listening, deciding, persuading.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

What is good for democracy is good for America.

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