Every time the Tories are in government, our democracy takes a battering. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm. — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there is a rotten government in a democracy, the main reason for this is that there is a rotten majority over… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“In other words, the government of the democracy is the only one under which the power which lays on taxes escapes the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
[For business after WWII ] democracy means getting people to regard government as an alien force that's robbing them and oppressing them,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary. They want a… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image