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Democracy Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
- When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which belongs to the…
- The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent on…
- The capitalist system of production is an economic democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. The consumers are the sovereign people. The…
- The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
- The democracy of the market consists in the fact that people themselves make their choices and that no dictator has the power to force them…
- If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits…
- The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in…
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