Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
A world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The tow pillars of democratic government are the primacy of the law and the budget. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Popular and democratic government is the only constitution which suits France, and all those who are worthy of the name of men. — Camille Desmoulins Copy Share Image
If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves,… — Ishmael Copy Share Image
Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“A politician in our democratic government is a broker for the use of government force to the highest bidders.” — Erne Lewis Copy Share Image
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The big problem for a democratic government - democrat with a small "d" - is how to hold down government spending. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Democratic governments are not delivering on their promises, which is partly due to the fact that governments are less powerful than they… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Governments are based pincipally on force and deception. Democratic governments are based chiefly on deception, other governments on force. And democratic governments,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments,… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“The last cause which frequently renders a democratic government dearer than any other is, that a democracy does not always succeed in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“The defect of democracy is its tendency to put mediocrity into power; and there is no way of avoiding this except by… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
I believe Tunisia and Egypt should look to Turkey and see what not to do. Turkey seems to be a secular and… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
“Certainly, I believed that our democratic system of government was the best thing going. I was a flag-waver from way back. I… — Richard Cezar Copy Share Image
Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. — Robert Taft Copy Share Image
Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The natural proclivity of democratic governments is to pursue public policies which concentrate benefits on the well-organized and well-informed, and disperse the… — Peter Boettke Copy Share Image
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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