Accepting Quote by Bertrand Russell

“Sense isn’t democratic. A senseless opinion that’s advocated by 'the majority' is still senseless.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course,…

— Joseph Campbell

The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at…

— Yair Lapid

People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are…

— Walter Judd

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.

— Lillian Hellman

Don't make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.

— Adrian Rogers

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's…

— Russ Feingold

Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.

— Lillian Hellman

“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

— Mahatma Gandhi

That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a non-threatening system…

— Robert Musil