Quote by Fareed Zakaria

“No political system ever perfectly expresses the needs of its society. No society in the English colonies constructed political arrangements completely faithful to itself.”

— Robert Middlekauff

“If we are following the same colonial systems and procedures in Free India, are we not actually idealizing the colonial rule?”

— Meenakshi Sundaram V.R

“Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.”

— Jerry Ash

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

— Zaman Ali

The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political…

— Simon Schama

“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

“the idea of separated powers and of rules governing all the contenders for power became imbedded in British tradition over the centuries.”

— Thomas Sowell

“Democracy, when unchecked, often slips into anarchy—freedom without discipline, a blindness disguised as liberty.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“A democracy cannot rule an empire. Neither can one man, though empire may appear to presuppose monarchy. There is always an oligarchy somewhere, open…

— Ronald Syme

“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

“It is a bit rich for the Brits to suppress, exploit, imprison, torture and maim a people for 200 years and then celebrate the…

— Shashi Tharoor

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

— William De Witt Hyde