“I believe I have demonstrated that the voters are characteristically ill-informed when voting on reducing social costs. Furthermore, their primary concern is with wealth transferred to themselves, rather than with social cost efficiency. Logically, this would mean that democratic government would be inefficient in reducing social costs.” BelieveMeanGovernmentWould BeI BelieveSocialWealthCostConcernDemocraticIllPrimariesVotingVotersEfficiencyReducingDemocratic Government Book:The economics of politics Source: The economics of politics
“The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.” PeopleLongGovernmentSufferingDemocracyDangerousCitizensEssentialsAuthorityLong TimeElectionDemocraticTyrannyAccustomedObeyingContinuationUndoingDemocratic GovernmentUsurpation Author:Simon Bolivar
“To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.” PeopleIfsKindMeanGovernmentHighestFunctionDemocraticAnalogiesRealisationDemocratic Government Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China.” IfsStillsHomeHandsGovernmentDiesForeverSucceedFoundationDemocraticChinaTyrantsStableDictatorOblivionLive ForeverDemocratic Government Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.” GovernmentLawValuesMoralEconomyFunctionDemocraticObligationMarket EconomyMoral ValuesDemocratic Government Author:Vaclav Havel