“Hell, we elected a demagogue last election in this country. People made some comparisons to Hitler.” — Matt Richtel Copy Share Image
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry) — Richard M Nixon Copy Share Image
“Propaganda is where a demagogue plays pedagogue and starts a monologue to leave their audience agog.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
“There is only a one thing worse than an idiot: An idiot with a following.” — Narcissismus Decimus Maximus Copy Share Image
We have passed the age of the demagogue, the man who has little to say and says it loud. We have come… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart… — Harry Zohn Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a demagogue. Period. The fervor of his crowds recalls Nasser's Egypt. His convictions are illiberal. His manners are disgusting.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place.… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
The demagogue is usually sly,a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There were still too many people who were afraid of a technology that eluded them, still more who would never have access… — Melissa Scott Copy Share Image
The Statist has an insatiable appetite for control. His sights are set on his next meal even before he has fully digested… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
“Don't you know yet, he said, that an idle and selfish class loves to see mischief being made, even if it is… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“A young house painter who fails miserably in his choice of profession is capable, also for a period of twenty years, of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Most of most politicians’ answers are long-winded implicit ways of saying: ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I don’t want you to know’.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy. — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
. . . behind each breakaway movement is a breakaway demagogue who will set up his breakaway demagogue government. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image