Democracy/countries

Famous quotes containing the words democracy and/or countries:

    In a democracy dissent is an act if faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects.
    J. William Fulbright (1905–19)

    In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good shepherd’s dog, but is far from being the Good Shepherd.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)