Democracy Quote by Keith Preston Download Open image “Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.” — Keith Preston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Equal Institutions Scum
Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I would say democracy once meant an organizational society and a state, in which the individual citizen is - feels - responsible, and acts… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among… — Plato Copy Share Image
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but, on the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. — Plato Copy Share Image
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city,… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild. — Keith Preston Copy Share Image
The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers. — Keith Preston Copy Share Image
It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where… — Keith Preston Copy Share Image
He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze. — Keith Preston Copy Share Image
“EFFERVESCENCE AND EVANESCENCE We've found this Scott Fitzgerald chap A chipper charming child; He's taught us how the flappers flap, And why the whipper-snappers… — Keith Preston 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