Assuming Quote by Polybius

“But even democracy ruins itself by excess—of democracy. Its basic principle is the equal right of all to hold office and determine public policy.…

— Will Durant

When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose to conduct…

— Michael Ventura

Throughout history, people with few educational or economic resources and little bargaining power have often looked to authoritarian, ruthless people to stand up for…

— Stephanie Coontz

The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make…

— Alexander Hamilton

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

— Timothy Thomas Fortune

The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and…

— Sigmund Freud

“In a society where those who always work never have anything, while those who never work enjoy everything, solidarity of interests is non-existent; hence…

— Emma Goldman

“Governments strong enough to protect individuals against the violence of their fellows make possible the evolution of an increasingly complex order of spontaneous and…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and…

— Sigmund Freud

To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced,…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon