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Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
[Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.]
Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
[Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.]
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
people are right more than half of the read more
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
people are right more than half of the time.
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.
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There read more
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There are democratic communists
and totalitarian capitalists.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.
Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.