Flaws Quote by Allan H. Meltzer

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

— Noam Chomsky

Governments are not representative.

— Noam Chomsky

A government should not become too big to fulfill one of its most basic functions: representation.

— Zephyr Teachout

The theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen to manage…

— H. L. Mencken

the whole flavor and quality of the American representative government turns to ashes on the tongue, if one regards that government as simply an…

— Margaret Halsey

“Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.”

— Giuseppe Prezzolini

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make…

— Richard Painter

“As long as you have broad representation from many parts of society, representative government works extremely well. And it works even better when the…

— Ben Carson

Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.

— Ronald Reagan

Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.

— William A. Dembski

Government systems suffer from two weaknesses. They are complex. And they are slow. We need to change this. Our systems need to be made…

— Narendra Modi

“The people are committed to ruinous policies, all without noticing. They have neither the experience nor the time to study all these laws and…

— Mikhail Bakunin