Democracy Quote by Isaac Asimov

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

— H. L. Mencken

“ignorance is the enemy of democracy”

— Anonymous

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that…

— Isaac Asimov

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

— John Simon

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.

— William Beveridge

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that…

— Isaac Asimov

For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't…

— Jason Brennan

Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

— Martha Nussbaum

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

— Fisher Ames

“Democracy is a system were ignorants choose a government, comunism is a system where ignorants govern themselves.”

— Daniel Delgado F

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have…

— H.L. Mencken

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread…

— Isaac Asimov