“We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this bear's work, that is its affair. We do not come as friends, nor even as neutrals. We come as enemies. As the wolf bursts into the flock, so we come.” IfsGivingOrderEnemyDemocracyStupidBearsWeaponsAffairFascismTicketsParliamentSalaryFlocksArsenal Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him.” DemocracyStupidMembersMeritParliamentDemocracies HaveConstituentsMembers Of Parliament Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography
“I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidWould BeUsedDemocracyStupidCongressSelfishTyrannyDumbDamnRepresentativesAssassinationUneducated Author:Dean Acheson
“I think with the advent of Reagan, and subsequently, both parties, there's been a strong move towards the advantage given to the richer people, in taxation and grants and supplements and things of that kind. Primarily exacerbated more recently by the Supreme Court's stupid ruling on Citizens United, and now there's a massive flood of money into the political system that I think has subverted the essence of a moral and ethical standard that used to permeate American democracy. Now it's not an admirable process. I think we've gone backwards.” PeopleThinkingKindMovingPoliticalUsedStrongGivenProcessUnitedPartyMoralGoneDemocracyStupidCitizensStandardsAdvantageEssenceCourtSupremeMassiveGrantsEthicalFloodSupreme CourtBackwardsTaxationRulingAdmirablePolitical SystemsSupplementsAdventAmerican DemocracyCitizens UnitedEthical Standards Author:Jimmy Carter
“If you're always in the company of people who agree with you, you're going to think of people who don't agree with you as venal or stupid. I constantly tell my students that if they're in the company of people who always say "amen" to what you say, find other company. And that is the source of illiberalism, when you are unable to listen to someone who thinks differently. That's when democracies are in trouble.” PeopleThinkingDemocracyTroubleStupidStudentsAgree Author:Condoleezza Rice
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” PowerDemocracyStupidIntellectualIntelligenceStupidityHandicaps Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.” ThinkingMenStillsPoliticalDemocracyHonestStupidCleverBeing HonestClever ManStupid Men Author:Bertrand Russell