Henry F. Amiel
View AuthorI do not deny the rights of democracy; but I have no illusions about the use that will be made of those rights as long as wisdom is scarce and pride is abundant.
Julio Anguita
View AuthorThere is no democracy without determination.
Paul Auster
View AuthorFor those of us who have no beliefs, democracy is our religion.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe democracies tend to be more peaceful and are less prone to sedition than the regime ruled by a lineage of nobles.
Mikhail Bakunin
View AuthorIn even the purest democracies, such as the United States and Switzerland, a privileged minority holds power over the enslaved majority.
Ambrose Bierce
View AuthorThe voter enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for a candidate chosen by others.
Jorge Luis Borges
View AuthorDemocracy: it is a widely held superstition, an abuse of statistics.
Charles Bukowski
View AuthorThe difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you can vote before obeying the orders.
Victoria Camps
View AuthorThe democracy needs a virtue: trust. Without its construction, there cannot be an authentic democracy.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorDemocracy means government by the uneducated, and aristocracy means government by the poorly educated.
Winston Churchill
View AuthorDemocracy is the need to occasionally yield to the opinions of others.
Winston Churchill
View AuthorDemocracy is the worst form of government devised by man. Except for all the others.