Accustomed Quote by Simon Bolivar

For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors.History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the…

— Rudy Giuliani

If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses…

— Ben Moreell

History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The…

— Olof Palme

“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

“Observing the volatile nature of the new democracies, I came vividly to see how unimportant a part of democracy are elections, in comparison with…

— Roger Scruton

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People…

— Max Weber

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate…

— Edward Bernays

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

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

— Walter E. Williams

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is…

— Walter Bagehot

“Both for practical reasons and for mathematically verifiable moral reasons, authority and responsibility must be equal - else a balancing takes place as surely…

— Robert A. Heinlein