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Famous Quotes about Democracy - 1


In this category we have famous quotes in history about 'democracy'.


George Bernard Shaw


The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few properly describes the institution of Democracy.


H L Mencken


Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.


James Russell Lowell


Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.


H L Mencken


Democracy is also a form of religion; it is the worship of jackals by jackasses.


Ralph Waldo Emerson


Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.


Holbrook Jackson


In democracies, those who lead, follow; those who follow, lead.


Oscar Wilde


Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.


Reinhold Niebuhr


Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.


Louis D Brandeis


We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.









 

 

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