Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious
liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.

Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious
liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If read more

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than
ever before.

Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than
ever before.

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.

Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.

Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.

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.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the read more

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

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.