Barbaric Quote by L. Ron Hubbard

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“One cannot understand a political "system" detached from its societal context”

— Andrew J. Robinson

“The people could still have their republic, but much legislative power would be shifted out of an elected body and into the hands of…

— Philip Hamburger

Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“In an alleged democracy, the image of the public sphere with its appeal to dialogue and shared responsibility has given way to the spectacle…

— Henry A. Giroux

In a government institution, there is only one area in which problems are taken seriously, and that is the political. Many of the strange…

— Richard Mitchell

There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the…

— Benjamin Robbins Curtis

People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything from eliminating…

— Narendra Modi

All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.

— Rahul Gandhi

To speak of certain government and establishment institutions as 'the system' is to speak correctly . . . They are sustained by structural relationships…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed.

— William Orville Douglas

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.

— William Beveridge