Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.

Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people.

People are voting for the kind of country they want to live in, and there are different views about what kind of country we should have.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

Self government is the hardest thing that people can do other than fighting a civil war.

The foundation upon which democracy rests is faith in the moral instincts of the people. Its ballot boxes, the franchise, its laws, and constitutions are but the outward manifestations of the deeper and more essential thing—a continuing trust in the moral purposes of the average man and woman.

Democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason not authority.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it …

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among people.

Ours is the only government under heaven where liberty can, in truth, be said to dwell; and the numberless advantages of such a government, for moral, religious, and intellectual improvement, may be learnt from the prosperous state of our country since the time she assumed her just and proper station among the nations of the earth.

A republican is someone who defends public institutions and democratic values, someone who is a defender of public life, someone who respects the principles of liberty, so in that sense we are very calm and at ease.

A free People will be showing that they are so, by their Freedom of Speech

Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process.

A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.

I'm going to try and make people realize that in order to live the life they are living, they need to have democracy, and it's being threatened.

What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free people and to maintain our God-given right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

A people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it. They are more or less unfit for liberty; and although it may be for their good to have had it even for a short time, they are unlikely long to enjoy it

Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.

Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.