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Democracy Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity…
- Envy is the basis of democracy.
- An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share…
- To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
- Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
- Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
- Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take…
- If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation do you prefer the grain to…
More Democracy Quotes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood