Democracy Quote by Jon Lovett Download Open image “'Veep' is a great satire of democracy.” — Jon Lovett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Great Satire
Whether it's 'Veep' or 'Homeland' or 'The West Wing' - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
The Thick of It' and 'Veep' were not exclusively about politics - they were about human nature and selfishness, venality and power. — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. — H. L. Mencken 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
(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do not believe in democracy, but I am perfectly willing to admit that it provides the only really amusing form of government ever… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes and deprive… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Most of my time at the White House, I wrote very unfunny speeches, but every year, I would work on the correspondents' dinner, which… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
I worked on one speech about the financial system that caused the Dow to drop, like, 200 points. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential'… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists interviewing morons. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There are a lot of heartbroken, anxious people that thought better of their country. We're heartbroken by how far Trump has gotten to the… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
More and more people support equality for their gay friends and neighbors, and that is not because the 'Duck Dynasty' guy almost lost his… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There's only so much mistrust we can take before things get much worse. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some… — Jon Lovett 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
