Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-03-13 Mar 13, 2008Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.~ Benito MussoliniDemocracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.~ James Russell LowellDemocracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Mar 12, 2008All lawful authority comes from God to the people.~ Constitution of the Irish Free StateI know that most men -- not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic, problems -- can seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as obliges them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty -- conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives.~ Leo Nikolaevich TolstoiFreedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.~ William Cowper Mar 11, 2008Envy is the basis of Democracy.~ Bertrand RussellDemocracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.~ Oscar WildeDemocracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling buisness: and gives in the long run a net result of zero.~ Thomas Carlyle Mar 10, 2008The evil of democracy is not the triumph of quantity, but the triumph of bad quality.~ Guido De RuggieroIt's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.~ Tom StoppardAs long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?~ William Marcy Tweed Mar 7, 2008Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.~ Clemens von MetternichDemocracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.~ Jan C. SmutsDemocracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Mar 6, 2008The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.~ Edmund BurkeThe tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.~ James Fenimore CooperInstitutions purely democratic must, sooner, or later, destroy liberty or civilization or both.~ Thomas Babington Macaulay Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print