Democracy Quote by George Washington

It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this…

— George Washington

But rather than trying to understand and rise above them, as leaders should, the [presedential] campaigns have often simply channeled these negative emotions. This…

— John I. Jenkins

“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the…

— Frank Herbert

The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.

— Elbridge Gerry

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

— Frank Herbert

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion;…

— Eric Hoffer

“In political affairs illusions are usually the product of a failure to appreciate change; but such failure-usually a necessary and perhaps salutary part of…

— Laurence Lafore

Some vested interests have an inclination to tarnish the image of those in politics and there have been occasions when some people have fallen…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

Washington politicians basically view the People as a capricious and dangerous enemy, a dumb mob whose only interesting quality happens to be their power…

— Matt Taibbi

I really believe there is something in the nature of a democracy that naturally leads people to distrust the government, to assume because a…

— Christopher Bollen

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties,…

— David Mamet