Democracy Quote by Terry Pratchett

“Vimes had never mastered ambition. It was something that happened to other people.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Vimes' meeting with the Patrician ended as all such meetings did, with the guest going away in possession of an unfocused yet very nagging…

— Terry Pratchett

“Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss, unless he…

— Aldous Huxley

“There were plotters, there was no doubt about it. Some had been ordinary people who'd had enough. Some were young people with no money…

— Terry Pratchett

“Democracy is the rule of the best con artist. Let those who have true power rule over those who do not." -Dibian”

— Edward L. Cote

“What a mess the world was in, Vimes reflected. Constable Visit had told him the meek would inherit it, and what had the poor…

— Terry Pratchett

“The idea had always struck Shader as bizarre: entrusting the governance of a country to the whims of an uneducated mob. No sense in…

— D.P. Prior

“The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has eventually happened to all perfect democracies…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“But even democracy ruins itself by excess—of democracy. Its basic principle is the equal right of all to hold office and determine public policy.…

— Will Durant

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Others Exonerated the plebs and threw the blame upon the patricians: it was owing to their artful canvassing that the plebeians found the road…

— Titus Livy

“The main feature of democracy is voting: whoever’s FOR... raises a hand on whoever’s AGAINST.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova