Dangerous Quote by Ludwig Lewisohn

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

— Anonymous

democracy ... begins from the ground up. Anything living grows from the bottom up. Everything dangerous, like bombs, gets dropped from the sky down.

— Vandana Shiva

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

— C. V. Wedgwood

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

Democracy has become, unless I mistake, a kind of test or shibboleth, by which we try men and measures; and this is the same…

— James Vila Blake

“one man with vision—an enlightened dictator. People are scared of the word nowadays. But what kind of democracy can exist side by side with…

— Chinua Achebe

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

History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The…

— Olof Palme

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When people in a democracy are not educated in the art of living -- to strengthen their conscience, compassion, and ability to question and…

— Paul K. Chappell

The modern world is reversing the old virtues of authority. They aimed deliberately to make men unworldly. They did not aim to found society…

— Walter Lippmann

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