Leo Szilard Quotes

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius

Votes should be weighed not counted.

The conception of political equality can mean only one thing—one person–one vote.

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue. We don't want it to be something the majority is voting on. I don't think the civil rights of any minority should be in the hands of any majority.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.