Democracy Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

— Anonymous

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by…

— Lord Acton

Democracy is about electoral competition.

— Mehbooba Mufti

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose.…

— Salman Khurshid

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

— Robert Byrne

“Observing the volatile nature of the new democracies, I came vividly to see how unimportant a part of democracy are elections, in comparison with…

— Roger Scruton

Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make…

— Anne Applebaum

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

— Che Guevara

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

— Brent Scowcroft