Andrew Jackson Quotes

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

However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

We are a strong democratic country.

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

In America the president reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.

Government is like an undershirt. If you don't change it frequently, it begins to stink.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy a few people have their way; in a democracy no one has his way.

Democracy is not majority rule but rule by public opinion.

The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government.

Our democracy has been going for over 235 years and it has not always been as dysfunctional as it is today.

A republic—if you can keep it.

Addressing ‘grievances’ is a founding principle of American Democracy.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

Trump has torn off America's Band-Aid. The stories we are covering are about fundamental American values. We are having debates about democracy versus autocracy, the rule of law, equality and diversity.

Our country was founded upon the principles of debate and compromise.

The ballot box and the voters and how they pay attention and the decisions they make are really what should define term limits.