Democracy Began

Famous quotes containing the words democracy and/or began:

“In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.”
—Chris Patten (b. 1944)

“Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)