Democracy Quote by Denis Fonvizin Download Open image “It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit.” — Denis Fonvizin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Freedom Honest Honest Undeservedly Honoured Merit Ignored Ignored Honoured Merit Truth Undeservedly Undeservedly Ignored
Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
If You Wish Your Merit To Be Known, Acknowledge That Of Other People... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be. — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image