Democracy Quote by C.S. Lewis

“true Democratic Spirit is up there with religious faith and emotional maturity and all those other top-of-the-Maslow-Pyramid-type qualities that people spend their whole lives…

— David Foster Wallace

One of the distinguishing characteristics of a democratic period is the taste that all men have for easy success and present enjoyment. This occurs…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

A leader who is a benevolent dictator is actually a democrat by spirit.

— Jaiprakash Gaur

“And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to show your…

— Dag Solstad

The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.

— Jean Giraudoux

“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes-- and…

— Mark Twain

The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.

— John Ray

“a democratic nation can limp along even when its chief of state is widely understood to be a lazy, bumbling simpleton. Fallible leadership is…

— Timothy Ferriserris

“The defect of democracy is its tendency to put mediocrity into power; and there is no way of avoiding this except by limiting office…

— Will Durant

“Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion,…

— George will

“The real origin of the democratic spirit - and most likely, many democratic institutions - lies precisely in those spaces of improvisation just outside…

— David Graeber

“To judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince the justness…

— Alexander Hamilton