Armed guards Quote by Aeschines

Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and…

— Baron de Montesquieu

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots.…

— Demosthenes

“In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees…

— B.F. Skinner

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

— Aristotle

The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will…

— Ludwig von Mises

Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear,…

— Albert Pike

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion…

— Immanuel Kant

Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

— George Bernard Shaw