Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-03-14 Mar 14, 2008The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.~ Benjamin DisraeliThe right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.~ Erwin N. GriswoldLet us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice and tradition, and delusion, and appearance, that alluvion which covers the globe... till we come to the hard bottom of rocks in place, which we can call reality.~ Henry David Thoreau 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print