Democracy Quote by Edward S. Greenberg

“What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.”

— Fareed Zakaria

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's scope. Whatever…

— Fareed Zakaria

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“It is perhaps a sign of the strength of our republic that so few people feel the need to participate. That must be the…

— Jon Stewart

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

— Winston S. Churchill

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

— Anna Jae

“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves populated with…

— Oliver H. Woshinsky

“The only realistic way to change things is direct participation in democracy.”

— Jón Gnarr

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

— John Hospers

“Democracy is popular because of the illusion of choice and participation it provides, but when you live in a society in which most people’s…

— Gavin Nascimento

“I have never been able to understand where people got the idea that democracy was in some way opposed to tradition. It is obvious…

— G.K. Chesterton