Ancient greek Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“Western ‘civilisation’ has been based on the ideas of ancient Greece, where the concept of ‘democracy’ (government by the people) assumed that slaves and…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favorable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But…

— Vladimir Lenin

“A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.”

— Zaman Ali

“The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his…

— C.S. Lewis

“A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise…

— C. S. Lewis

“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny. As the…

— Ben Carson

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this…

— David Graeber

“In the Greek Olympics, women, slaves, and foreigners never took part. Not in Greek democracy either.”

— Eduardo Galeano

“In his book Politics, which is the foundation of the study of political systems, and very interesting, Aristotle talked mainly about Athens. But he…

— Noam Chomsky

“In a political system where nearly every adult may vote but where knowledge, wealth, social position, access to officials, and other resources are unequally…

— Larry M. Bartels

The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys…

— Henry Grady Weaver

“We certainly face, as did the ancient Greeks, the problem of oligarchy—ever more threatening as globalization increases differences in wealth.”

— Timothy Snyder