Democracy Quote by Chinua Achebe

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a…

— Benito Mussolini

“For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?”

— Anna Jae

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

“Democracy in a country where the public is uneducated is no different from having a dictatorship or an elected king.”

— O.Z. Livaneli

When people in a democracy are not educated in the art of living -- to strengthen their conscience, compassion, and ability to question and…

— Paul K. Chappell

“Thinking citizens are no good to democracy, either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist. Either you hold your mouth, mind and backbone,…

— Abhijit Naskar

“From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small…

— James Madison

Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“I’ve always been very concerned with democracy. If you can’t imagine you could be wrong, what’s the point of democracy? And if you can’t…

— Warren Berger

“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing, in a…

— Madeleine K. Albright

“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames