In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. Alexis de Tocqueville
The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. W. E. B. Du Bois
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. James Bovard
We have taken steps which have not been taken by any other democratic government in the world. We are taking steps with regard to prices and wages which no other government, even in wartime, has taken. Harold Wilson
Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. Robert A. Taft
We have faith in the power to change what needs to be changed but we are under no illusion that the transition from dictatorship to liberal democracy will be easy, or that democratic government will mean the end of all our problems. Aung San Suu Kyi