Become Quote by Jose Angel Gurria

When a mob of institutions decides there is only one way forward, democracy loses meaning.

— Anna Paulina Luna

“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.

— Betsy DeVos

It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy.

— David Harsanyi

Democracy's got endless problems and faults and dangers, but it's certain the alternatives are not better.

— W. S. Merwin

People who hand over democracy in exchange for economic security end up losing both things.

— Eduardo Bhatia

However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

— Asma Jahangir

I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.

— Garry Kasparov

The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.

— Robert A. Heinlein

One thing is inevitable: if government continues to fall down the people will rise up.

— Anonymous

“These various remedies, eugenic, educational, ethical, populist and socialist, all assume that either the voters are inherently competent to direct the course of affairs…

— Walter Lippmann

The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but…

— Nathan Myhrvold