There is nothing new inThird World governments seeking to justifyand perpetuate authoritarian rule by denouncing liberal democratic principles as alien.

-Aung San Suu Kyi
  Freedom From Fear,'In Quest of Democracy'.

   Therearetwo ideas of government.Therearethose who believethat, if you will only legislatetomakethewell-to- do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislateto make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.

-Bryan,WilliamJennings
  Speech at the Democratic National Convention,10  Jul.

He who first shortened the labour of copyists by device of MovableTypes was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating a whole newdemocratic world: hehad inventedtheart of printing.

-Carlyle,Thomas
^4  Sartor Resartus, bk.1, ch.5.

The Democratic Intellect.

-Davie, George Elder
  Title of book.

Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

-Kennan, George Frost
Of postwar agreements to govern Eastern Europe. Quoted in Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas The Wise Men (1986).

The elitist attitude is basically suspicious of, and hostile to, themarket precisely becausethemarket issovulgarly democraticöone dollar, one vote.

-Krasna, Norman
  Two Cheers for Capitalism, ch.2.

During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideals of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hopeto live for, and toseerealized.But My Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

-Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
  Speech in court, 20  Apr, when charged under the Suppression of Communism  Act and facing the death penalty.

Our whole history inclines us towards the democratic powers.Our renaissance is a logical link between us and the democracies of the west.

-Masaryk,Toma¤  s Garrigue
  Inaugural address, 23 Dec.

  The Democratic Party has succeeded so well that many of its members are now Republicans.

-O'Neill,Thomas P known as  'Tip'
Quoted in WAMU radio broadcast, Washington, 29 Mar1995.

Some people swim lakes, others climb flagpoles, some join monasteries, but we, my friends, who have considered suicide take our daily walk with death and are not lonely. In the end it brings more honesty and care than all the democratic parliaments of tricks.

-Webb, Phyllis
  EvenYour Right Eye,'To FriendsWho HaveAlso Considered Suicide'.