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Democracy Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power…
- The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot…
- Democracy is a word all public men use and none understand.
- The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what…
- Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind…
- If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.
- Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
- Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
- Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
- Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.
- (Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.
- Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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
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- 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