Ancient greek Quote by Ben Carson

The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised…

— Tariq Ali

“In early Greek society, particularly in Athens, democracy meant the equivalent of a permanent town meeting—all decisions of consequence were made in public assembly.…

— David H. Maister

Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what…

— Nigel Farage

In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been based upon…

— John Ralston Saul

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

— Alexis Tsipras

The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.

— David Sedaris

“You study any pretty democracy, from the ancient Greeks forward, and you'll see that the only way each system functions is with a working…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Topographic conditions were the foundation of Greek democracy, just as those of a different kind gave rise to the Oriental despotisms of Egypt and…

— James Dale Davidson

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

— Anonymous

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this…

— David Graeber

“The history of ancient Greece showed that, in a democracy, emotion dominates reason to a greater extent than in any other political system, thus…

— B.H. Liddell Hart

The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys…

— Henry Grady Weaver