Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of read more

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order read more

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a
revolution.

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management read more

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.

Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.

Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.

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

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