Democracy Quote by Roger Scruton

“accountable government does not come through elections. It comes through respect for law, through public spirit and through a culture of confession. To”

— Roger Scruton

“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

“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames

“The paradox of democracy is that its stability is born of its openness to upheaval through elections, legislation, and social action. Disruption is built…

— Condoleezza Rice

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

— William De Witt Hyde

“Whenever, in a democracy, we see our rulers obsessed with “the technical aspects” of the electoral process, whenever we see them tinkering with the…

— Tim Parks

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their…

— Fisher Ames

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the…

— Aberjhani

“From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small…

— James Madison

“on Democracies: "there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies…

— James Madison

“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and no elected…

— Edward De Bono

The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body…

— James Madison