“Voters thereby prove themselves bad and indeed corrupt judges of such issues and often they even prove themselves bad judges of their own long-run interests, for it is only the short-run promise that tells politically and only short-run rationality that asserts itself effectively.” DemocracyVotersVoters And Voting Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
“The reduced sense of responsibility and the absence of effective volition in turn explain the ordinary citizen's ignorance and lack of judgement in matters of domestic and foreign policy which are if anything more shocking in the case of educated people and of people who are successfully active in non-political walks of life than it is with uneducated people in humble stations.” ResponsibilityDemocracyVotersIrresponsibility Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy