Constituents Quote by Bertrand Russell

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly…

— Bertrand Russell

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

— Art Spander

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting the role…

— Bob Black

Mass democracy guarantees stupidity. Masses of people, even if they're individually intelligent, can only act stupidly.

— Joseph Sobran

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

Democracy, finally, rests on a higher power than Parliament. It rests on an informed and cultivated and alert public opinion. The Members of Parliament…

— Eric Williams

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

— John Hospers

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.

— Gustave Flaubert

Being described as a stupid bureaucrat with no link to representative democracy is difficult to take.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

— John Lanchester

I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore…

— Dean Acheson