Democracy Quote by Plato

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees…

— B.F. Skinner

A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.

— Walter Bagehot

“Democracy is the spawn of despotism. And like father, like son. Democracy is power and rule. It's not the will of the people, remember;…

— B.F. Skinner

A despotism resting on a plebicite is quite as natural a form of democracy as a republic.

— Latest

Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and…

— Baron de Montesquieu

Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion…

— Immanuel Kant

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a…

— Anonymous

In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and…

— David Brin

If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.

— George Bernard Shaw

What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis…

— George Washington