Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as funda

Summary

This quote highlights the importance of safeguarding the rights of minorities, emphasizing that a democracy cannot thrive without recognizing and protecting these rights. It implies that a democratic society must not only prioritize the will of the majority, but also guarantee the equal rights and representation of minority groups. By acknowledging the diverse needs and perspectives of minorities, a democracy can ensure fairness, inclusivity, and long-term stability. Failure to uphold minority rights can compromise the fundamental principles and strength of a democracy.

Topics

Minorities

By Franklin D. Roosevelt

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

Money

To be social is to be forgiving.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Forgiveness

But it's hard to be hip over thirty when everyone else is ni

But it's hard to be hip over thirty when everyone else is nineteen, when the last dance we learned was the Lindy, and the last we heard, girls who looked like Barbara Streisand were trying to do something about it.

Age

That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branc

That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Conservatism

Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but

Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

Alexandre Dumas

Life Pain

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the fut

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

Christopher Paolini

Inspirational

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten

Beauty

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

Trust

If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is common

If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order, I'd reply, so I can go on drinking and smoking!

Sex

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares att

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

Giraldus Cambrensis

Courage

There are three great questions which in life we have over a

There are three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought ot help us to answer these questions.

Beauty

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

War