Democracies Quote by Steven Levitsky

“In light of all the gun violence in the USA, I'd prefer my democracy unleaded.”

— Jayseth Guberman

“I don't believe in a country where it's more acceptable to see two men holding guns than two men holding hands.”

— Brian Whitaker

“the “politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organizing nothing…

— Philip Jenkins

“Sometimes it seems that everybody in the world is in favor of democracy, just as long as it gives them the result they want.”

— Jack Lessenberry

“Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.”

— Bill Moyers

“Political power grows out of the barrel of the gun...”

— Mao Tse-tung

“People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens.”

— Lori Lifsey

“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better…

— Harry Patch

“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

“This is the Apocalypse, not a democracy,”

— Sean Platt

“For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?”

— Anna Jae