Democracy Abuse Quotes

'Democratic' in its original meaning refers to unlimited majority rule....a social system in which one's work, one's property, one's mind, and one's life are at the mercy of any gang that may muster the vote of a majority at any moment for any purpose

We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons…. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this … work, that is its affair.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Islamic fundamentalists … had no interest in democracy except as a one-way ticket to power.

That is not respecting our democracy, using the State Department as a concierge for foreign donations, not really respecting our American democracy.

Democracy allows for A and B to band together to rip off C. This is not justice, but a moral outrage.

The politics of envy is the politics of this commandment: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." It is the politics of two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

Reddit is like any democratic form of government - unless carefully guarded by its leaders and members, its trusts and privileges can be and often are abused.

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.