Democracy Quote by H.L. Mencken Download Open image ““Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses.”” — H.L. Mencken ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Political-commentary
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Jack as “something of a rare species” in a nation “steeped in corruption.” — Duncan Clark Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.” — Gaston Arman de Caillavet Copy Share Image
“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,” — William De Witt Hyde Copy Share Image
“Human beings are naturally hierarchical beasts. Democracy is not their native religion.” — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty.” — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
“Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us.” — Bernard R. Crick Copy Share Image
“And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to show your… — Dag Solstad Copy Share Image
“Your dream is not a democracy, listen to your heart not the masses.” — Bernard Kelvin Clive Copy Share Image
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. MENCKEN” — Frank I. Luntz Copy Share Image
“Surely the Board knows what democracy is. It is the line that forms on the right. It is the don’t in Don’t Shove. It… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Suffice it to say that the vile arts of the hussy prevailed over that noble and upright man—that she enticed him, by adroit appeals… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I can't recall a single masculine figure created by a woman who is not, at bottom, a booby.” — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country he [Harry Truman] would have promised to provide them with free missionaries,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I have seen something of the horrors of war, and much too much of the worse horrors of peace.” — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Don’t tell me. I have been there. No longer ago than last Tuesday—or was it last Monday?—I went into one of those big restaurants… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“ONE OF the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“But though every normal man thus cherishes the soothing unction that he is the intellectual superior of all women, and particularly of his wife,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God, and so… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“The American moron’s mind simply does not run in that direction; he wants to keep his Ford, even at the cost of losing the… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Once I ventured the guess that men worked in response to a vague inner urge for self-expression. But that was probably a shaky theory,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
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