Michael Bernard Mukasey Quotes

Democracy is about opposition.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

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

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

My political ideal is democracy.

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.

Democracy, in a word, is meant to be an aristocracy which has broadened into a universal aristocracy.

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

Democracy doesn't mean I always get my way. It doesn't mean we always get what we want.

In a democracy, people are supreme.

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

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

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

A democratic home is the foundation of a democratic state.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

A democracy requires a certain amount of common ground.

Democratic processes require time.

Democracy does not mean perfection. It means a chance to fight for improvement.

Above all, democracy means pluralism.

A democracy is the name of a government of those who are ruling for their own advantage, in opposition to the rich, or to any specific people.

Democracy is the best revenge.

Democracy is messy.