Democracy Quote by John Adams

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It…

— John Adams

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

— John Adams

“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

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

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a…

— Benito Mussolini

Democracy is alive, and like any other living thing it either flourishes and grows or withers and dies. There is no in-between. It is…

— Saul Alinsky

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

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash,…

— Noah Webster

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Plato

“As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy,…

— Stacy Schiff

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and…

— Ilka Chase