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«The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Democracy,
Tyranny
| Keywords:
apathy, citizen, democracy, oligarchies, oligarchy, prince, Public welfare, welfare
«The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board»
«The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.»
«Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.»
«The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as best they may, no matter what ill may betide»
Author: John Jacobs Rogers
| About:
America and Americans,
Democracy
| Keywords:
betide, tag, tags, tag along, tag on
«The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
| About:
America and Americans,
Aristocracy,
Democracy
| Keywords:
American elder, aristocratic, breaking, colours, covered, democratic, from time to time, layer, layered, surface, surface of
«The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois»
Author: Gustave Flaubert
(Novelist)
| About:
Democracy
| Keywords:
attained, bourgeois, proletarian, proletarians
«The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.»
Author: Lewis Mumford
(Writer)
| About:
Democracy,
Government
| Keywords:
democracies, Something Different
«The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Democracy
| Keywords:
country, defends, democrat, His country, liberty, mankind, nonviolent, purely, the true, ultimately
«The world must be made safe for democracy»
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