Democracy Quote by Oliver H. Woshinsky

“Democracy in a country where the public is uneducated is no different from having a dictatorship or an elected king.”

— O.Z. Livaneli

“For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?”

— Anna Jae

“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on…

— Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

“democracy that cannot control its own population may be worse for human rights than a dictatorship that can.”

— Robert D. Kaplan

“An educated, healthy & confident nation is harder to govern”

— Tony Benn

“[...] dictatorship, the most extreme form of tyranny, can never lead to social liberation.”

— Noam Chomsky

“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

“Democracy is a most accommodating and charming form of government, full of variety and diversity,”

— William De Witt Hyde

“Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes and deprive…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

“Liberation from dictatorships ultimately depends on the people's ability to liberate themselves.”

— Gene Sharp

“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