Consent of the governed Quote by Eric Robert Morse

“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be…

— Gene Sharp

“Thus Tyrants could practice, in a sense, “democracy.” But now “democracy” can do the same work without any tyranny other than her own.”

— C.S. Lewis

“Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it…

— Geoff Ryman

“Any government that presumes to direct how its people relate to ultimate truths either believes it is the only guide to those truths, or…

— Timothy Shah

“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”

— Colum McCann

“But a democracy can only obtain truth as the result of experience, and many nations may forfeit their existence whilst they are awaiting the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“The claim that order is freedom or that freedom is order ends in tyranny.”

— Timothy Snyder

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

— Plato

“Democracy means that people respect the rights of others, including the right to be different.”

— Jerome Nathanson

“To hear these defenders of democracy talk, one would think that the people deliberate like a committee of wise men, whereas in truth judicial…

— Joseph de Maistre