Danny Kaye Quotes

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

I like the noise of democracy.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Democracy, once unleashed, is a pretty powerful force.

Democracy is the best revenge.

No democracy pretends to be a tyranny. Most tyrannies pretend they are democracies. Democracy remains the definition of political legitimacy.

Democracy is not perfect.

Democracy is better than tyranny.

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote.

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

It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

Democracy passes into despotism.

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.

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

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

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

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

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