Democracy Quote by Ziad K. Abdelnour

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and…

— James Bovard

“We should be more concerned with being ruled by fear than we are with being ruled by our imaginations.”

— Gregory Mapes

“for PEOPLE to rule themselves in a REPUBLIC , they must have virtue;for a TYRANT to rule in a TYRANNY ,he must use FEAR.”

— William J Federer

“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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

— Anna Jae

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“If you live life ruled by your fears, you're not really living.”

— Beth Ciotta

“Democracy is like a great play. It lasts more than one act. You must be patient,”

— Michael Dobbs

“That is the point of all this. To make you terrified of a world where you do not rule. Security and justice aren’t given.…

— Pierce Brown

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

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“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

“Just one more example of why a commander who ruled by fear and made all the decisions himself would always be beaten, sooner or…

— Orson Scott Card