Assumption Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has…

— James Russell Lowell

Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants…

— Anonymous

Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient…

— Ben Fountain

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free,…

— Aristotle

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

— Aristotle

“The old idealistic republicans used to found democracy on the idea that all men were equally intelligent. Believe me, the sane and enduring democracy…

— G.K. Chesterton

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the…

— Louis D. Brandeis

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

— Bertrand Russell

Democracy is about constant vigilance. It's not straightforward, there will always be setbacks and you get particular be it religious fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalism -…

— Mary Robinson