Democracy Quote by Aristotle

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Cornel West

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

— Democritus

Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one or the…

— Aristotle

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

— Felix Rohatyn

Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom that results…

— Charles Moore

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an accident that…

— Aristotle

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

— Ferdinand Marcos

The government is more responsive to wealthy communities than poor communities, and to wealthy people than poor people.

— Annie Lowrey