Democracy Quote by Benito Mussolini

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

— Aristotle

“. . . the only legitimate reason that kingship is not attractive to us is because in this age and this world the only…

— John Piper

Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has…

— James Russell Lowell

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

— Jamie Dimon

Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or…

— Anonymous

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash,…

— Noah Webster

“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

— Aristotle