Quotes About Democracy

populists are not generally "against institutions," and they are not destined to self-destruct once in power. They only oppose those institutions that, in their view, fail to produce the morally (as opposed to empirically) correct political outcomes. And that happens only when they are in opposition. Populists in power are fine with institutions—which is to say, their institutions.

Populists are, after all, often deemed to be heirs of the Jacobins.

Principled antipluralism and the commitment to "direct representation" explain another feature of populist politics

Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted ("Brexit") about its role in Europe. But Britain is still among the world's six richest nations, is still a parliamentary democracy under a figurehead monarch, is still a world leader in science and technology, and still maintains as its currency the pound sterling rather than the euro

The first, and also in my opinion the most ominous, of the fundamental problems now threatening American democracy is our accelerating deterioration of political compromise. As I previously

There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

There are a lot of idiots in this country," I replied absently, "and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

En democracia la política es un teatro y nadie puede actuar en un teatro sin fingir.

pero no existe la democracia perfecta, porque lo que define a una democracia de verdad es su carácter flexible, abierto, maleable –es decir, permanentemente mejorable–, de forma que la única democracia perfecta es la que es perfectible hasta el infinito.

cómo quieres que crea en un sistema político que le da el derecho de voto a un individuo como yo?

Al empezar la democracia, el nacionalismo instauró en Cataluña una cleptocracia clientelar. O sea, el gobierno autonómico robaba a los ciudadanos y el producto del saqueo se lo repartían entre el partido del gobierno y las familias del partido del gobierno, empezando por la familia del presidente.

One can imagine a high-definition democracy, in which they would show the human rights chart every day, in real time on the screens, in the way they do now for the weather. They would show the observance and violation of those rights over the whole planet, possibly with immediate penalties (which would obviously produce a constant worsening of the situation).

All that is singular and irreducible must be reduced and absorbed. This is the law of democracy and the New World Order. In this sense, the Iran-Iraq war was a successful first phase: Iraq served to liquidate the most radical form of the anti-Western challenge, even though it never defeated it.

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.

We can't have freedom unless we have freedom. And that means freedom to speak our minds.

Crackpots have a vote like everyone else...enough crackpots could vote a mayor into office.

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

How have a hundred men who wish for a master the right to vote on behalf of ten who do not? The law of majority voting is itself something established by convention, and presupposes unanimity, on one occasion at least. 6.

Terimi tam anlam? ile ele al?rsak, hakiki demokrasi hiç bir zaman mevcut olmad??? gibi bundan sonra da olmayacakt?r. Çok say?dakilerin az say?dakileri idaresi tabii nizama ayk?r?d?r.

La loi de la pluralité des suffrages est elle-même un établissement de convention, et suppose au moins une fois l'unanimité.

Si hubiera un pueblo de dioses, se gobernaría democráticamente. Un gobierno tan perfecto no conviene a los hombres.

had all thirteen families in Horse Mesa register to vote, and on election day, Jim drove me into Tortilla Flats. I kept the ballots in one hand and my pearl-handled revolver in the other, daring anyone to try to hijack democracy by stealing the twenty-six votes I had been entrusted with. "Hold on, everyone!" I declared when I arrived. "The votes from Horse Mesa are here, and I'm proud to announce we had one hundred percent turnout.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.