"It is a great blessing, " says Pascal, "to be born a man of quality, since it brings one man as far forward at eighteen or twenty as another man would be at fifty, which is a c ...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.

A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

Democ'acy gives every man A right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

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

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

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