Aristocracy Quote by Bill Vaughan

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

— Democritus

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle

democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

— Jane Addams

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle

“Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Poor or privilegded ,the difference is faith.

— Wordfaith3

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Cornel West

The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but…

— Nathan Myhrvold

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

“Our democratic societies rest on a meritocratic worldview, or at any rate a meritocratic hope, by which I mean a belief in a society…

— Thomas Piketty

“High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”

— Oscar Wilde

We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as…

— Jane Addams