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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.]
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.
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?
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.
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
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 substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.