Cynical Quote by Bertrand Russell

Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is,…

— Bertrand Russell

The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years.

— Aneurin Bevan

The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

— Serj Tankian

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to…

— Carrie Chapman Catt

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

— H. L. Mencken

Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?

— John Wyndham

Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at…

— H. L. Mencken

Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed by so…

— Jess Phillips

The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of…

— Robert Kennedy

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

— Will Rogers