A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.

Prosperity and democracy does seem to be a good way to wean a population off massive alcohol abuse.

New technologies and resources offer exciting opportunities. They democratise access to information.

Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage(From LONE WOLF, p.50)

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Ohne Gedankenfreiheit gibt es keine Weisheit. Und ohne Redefreiheit keine öffentliche Freiheit.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two.

Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.

Internal democracy in schools is as important in order to ensure the true democratization of education.

Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly.