Democracy Quote by John Wyndham Download Open image “Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?” — John Wyndham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Equal Fool Government Men Sensible Vote
“The old idealistic republicans used to found democracy on the idea that all men were equally intelligent. Believe me, the sane and enduring democracy… — G.K. Chesterton 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 belief in democracy, you also have to do so when you are in the minority, convinced both intellectually and, not least, in your innermost self, that the majority, in the name of democracy, is crushing everything… — Dag Solstad Copy Share
Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
“A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I shall pray God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“But he survived, that radio announcer. His ship and five others out of the flotilla of ten came through, a bit radioactive, but otherwise… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“You will have experienced, perhaps, that feeling of being relieved of a weight that you had not properly realized was there?” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“We have both been given the same wish to survive, We are all, you see, toys of the life-force. It made you numerically stronger,… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
But, as I understand it, your God is a universal God; He is God on all suns and all planets. Surely, then, He must… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Personal honesty takes time to assert itself - if it is ever allowed to.” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me an odd view to take - rather as if one should protest that one didn't LIKE the idea of dying… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?" "Yes darling” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Sophie dear,' I said. 'Are you in love with him - with this spider-man?' 'Oh, don't call him that - please - we can't… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“It was all conveyed by the nicest, almost indetectably refined blend of sympathy and bitchiness...” — John Wyndham 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