“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” PresidentDemocracyCitizensSuperiorsTitlesCitizenshipWorld Citizen Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at that disgusting game he must prevail at the cost of his self-respect. Not many superior men make the attempt. The average great captain of the rabble, when he is not simply a weeper over irremediable wrongs, is a hypocrite so far gone that he is unconscious of his own hypocrisy.. a slimy fellow, offensive to the nose.” MenSelfGamesStruggleGoneDemocracyCostOfficeFellowsMereAverageSuperiorsNosesHypocrisyUnconsciousSelf RespectDisgustingCaptainsOffensiveHypocriteProletariatSuperior ManFlattererSo Far Gone Author:H. L. Mencken
“Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.” PoliticalVirtueDemocracyTalentRepublicanDemandSuperiors Author:Simon Bolivar
“The Democrats are very bad at selling their own product. The Republicans are geniuses at it. And I've said it before, a bad product well apologized for is superior in this country to a good product.” WellsSaidCountryDemocracyProductsGeniusRepublicanDemocratSuperiorsSelling Author:Bill Maher