George Orwell Quotes

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.

I happen to be one of those people who do not believe in muIti-party democracy.

We're not a democracy.

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another.

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Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

I have established the republic. But today it is not clear whether the form of government is a republic, a dictatorship, or personal rule.

Which, autocracy or democracy, is really better suited to modern China? If we base our judgment upon the intelligence and the ability of the Chinese people, we come to the conclusion that the sovereignty of the people would be far more suitable for us.

Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any other form of democratic governance.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.

It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king, or at least a nobility, are indispensable for the prosperity of a nation.

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I do see the good in it if there's a good person in the role.

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.