Accountability Quote by Raghuram Rajan

“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.”

— Glenn Greenwald

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged…

— George Bernard Shaw

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

— Anonymous

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

— George Bernard Shaw

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

— Walter E. Williams

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the…

— Benito Mussolini

Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens.

— DeForest Soaries

The practice of democracy means that I, one person, one humble person, nevertheless feel some responsibility if the officials for whose election I was…

— Clyde Kluckhohn