Democracy Quote by Joni Mitchell

Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

— Seneca the Younger

Part of the reason we like democracy is it's the portfolio of decades, which is to say you don't also get the disastrous dictator…

— Reid Hoffman

One doesn't want one's democracy to behave like a dictatorial or fascistic police. One doesn't.

— Tom Stoppard

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really…

— Winston Churchill

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

Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.

— Eduardo Galeano

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

— Alan Coren

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

— Jamie Dimon

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors.History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the…

— Rudy Giuliani

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

— James Bovard

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

— Alan Coren

So much of democracy is built on antagonism. It institutionalizes a certain kind of antagonism. This is not to say that we shouldn't have…

— Pankaj Mishra