Democracy Quote by James Madison

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they…

— James Madison

A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and…

— James Madison

“From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small…

— James Madison

Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the…

— James Madison

A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government in person,…

— James Madison

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person…

— Aldous Huxley

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

— Jalal Talabani

Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclude…

— Amos Elon

“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on…

— Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

“I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has…

— John Adams

“Is our democracy in danger? It is a question we never thought we’d be asking. We have been colleagues for fifteen years, thinking, writing,…

— Steven Levitsky

“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