Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-09-24 Sep 24, 2003To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything.~ Friedrich August von HayekThe real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.~ PlutarchIt is perfectly true that the government is best which governs least. It is equally true that the government is best which provides most.~ Walter Lippmann Sep 23, 2003Democracy is like a raft. It won't sink, but you'll always have your feet wet.~ Russell LongI could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.~ Thomas JeffersonIt's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.~ Tom Stoppard Sep 22, 2003American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.~ Thomas Babington MacaulayThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.~ Sir Winston ChurchillDemocracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.~ Laurence J. PeterI like the noise of democracy.~ James Buchanan Sep 19, 2003To govern according to the sense and agreement of the interests of the people is a great and glorious object of governance. This object cannot be obtained but through the medium of popular election, and popular election is a mighty evil.~ Edmund BurkeGet all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.~ Frank DaneWhen it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself.~ Friedrich August von Hayek Sep 18, 2003A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.~ Bill VaughanDemocracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.~ E. B. WhitePeople often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote -- a very different thing.~ Walter H. Judd Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print