Politics Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of…

— James Madison

“The political beauty of our online age is that it’s now actually feasible—and urgently necessary—to reengage the public in just this way. In Aristotle’s…

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

“We have already described the gatherings of the popular comitia; but that clumsy assembly in sheep pens does not convey the full extent to…

— H.G. Wells

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able to take…

— Thomas McEvilley

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

— James Madison

“A mood of constructive criticism being upon me, I propose forthwith that the method of choosing legislators now prevailing in the United States be…

— H.L. Mencken

“In early Greek society, particularly in Athens, democracy meant the equivalent of a permanent town meeting—all decisions of consequence were made in public assembly.…

— David H. Maister

“You study any pretty democracy, from the ancient Greeks forward, and you'll see that the only way each system functions is with a working…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the…

— Albert Einstein

“Implicit in the idea of degeneration from the best form of government, the aristocratic, is Plato’s claim that the members of the demos lack…

— A.C. Grayling

“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny. As the…

— Ben Carson