Broken Quote by Abhijit Banerjee

Plainly elites in America don't want democracy. And why should they? Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the…

— Karl Marx

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

— William H. Hastie

Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize…

— Noam Chomsky

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

— Maggie Gallagher

Political democracy has failed in the U.S. because there hasn't been economic democracy.

— David Dellinger

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

— David Hogg

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse…

— Erwin W. Lutzer

We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not…

— Winnie Byanyima

Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations.

— Hillary Clinton