Cybersecurity Quote by Demosthenes

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots…

— Demosthenes

“In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees…

— B.F. Skinner

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the…

— Aeschines

There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds…

— Demosthenes

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render 'assurance doubly sure,' one kind of despotism supports another.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their representatives…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or…

— John C. Calhoun

Democracy passes into despotism.

— Plato

Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and…

— Baron de Montesquieu

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

— Mahatma Gandhi