“Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent.” UsedCommonEffortOpinionDemocraticSilentCommunismOppositionDiverseDogmaPrimitiveCommon DenominatorDemagogueryAnti Communism Author:Eugen Kogon
“If a [democratic] society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and wellbeing will be shared by all; the sciences will be on a smaller scale but ignorance will be less common; opinions will be less vigorous and habits gentler; you will notice more vices and fewer crimes.” IfsPleasureCommonOpinionCrimeIgnoranceHabitDemocraticVicesScalesFewerDisplayBrillianceOutrageousWellbeingVigorousAristocracyDemocratic SocietyWretchedness Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“Historicism and cultural relativism actually are a means to avoid testing our own prejudices and asking, for example, whether men are really equal or whether that opinion is merely a democratic prejudice.” MenMeanOpinionExampleEqualPrejudiceAskingDemocraticTestingRelativismCultural Relativism Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through study and comparison of principles.” PersonsHas BeensPoliticalFoundMy OwnPartyOpinionPrinciplesStudyAtheismParticularBasesDemocraticChosenComparisonAmazedPolitical PartiesPolitical Opinions Author:Joost Meerloo
“The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as well. It's what I've called "the Washington cartel." It's career politicians in both parties. It is lobbyists and giant corporations.” WellsPartyLeaderOpinionCareersPoliticianRepublicanCourtDemocraticCongressCorporationsGiantsElitesPublic OpinionLobbyistsCartelsCareer PoliticiansDemocratic Leaders Author:Ted Cruz
“The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.” MenArtDifferentCountryAmericaOpinionGreaterHonestPoliticianArt IsConscienceEnglandDemocraticTechniqueInstanceNervesStrainScandalPublic OpinionHonest ManDisdainKnavesDifferent CountriesVirtuosity Author:George Bernard Shaw
“What is true has never been a question to be decided by polls or popular opinion. Truth isn’t ‘democratic’—it’s something that God has written into the very fabric of nature.” OpinionWrittenTruth IsDecidedDemocraticFabricPollsPopular Opinion Author:Charles Colson
“In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.” CountryEnoughUsedOpinionDemocraticRussiaUsed To BePersonal OpinionsDemocratic Country Author:Roman Abramovich