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“The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.”
“Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.”
“Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission.”
“In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.”
“In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.”
“Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.”
“Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.”
“It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit.”
“So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains.”
“Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.”
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.”
Source: Parting Shots from My Brittle Bow: Reflections on American Politics and Life
“Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.”
“The greatest task of democracy, its ritual and feast - is choice.”
“Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.”
“Calm and order can be just as dangerous to democracy as uneasiness and disorder.”
“So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.”
Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788
Source: James Madison's
“Those accept an obligation lightly who feel lightly about letting it drop.”
“Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.”