democracy Quotes

Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.

Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority.

Once more: there are three offices according to whose directions the highest magistrates are chosen in certain states - guardians of the law, probuli, councilors - of these, the guardians of the law are an aristocratical, the probuli an oligarchical,... ...

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.

Democracies can fall apart and turn into oppressive systems.

Democracy comes from the idea that people who are equal in one way are equal in all ways; because people are equally free, they demand to be completely equal.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government, which are said to be (1) monarchy, (2) oligarchy, (3) democracy, and (4) the so-called aristocracy... ...

Democracy is when the poor, not the wealthy, are the rulers.

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions at all, or are the worst of all. But they are nearer the truth who combine many forms;... ...