The Little Retreat Quotes: Fear
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
James Fenimore Cooper
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Bernard Shaw
Every country has the government it deserves.
Joseph Marie de Maistre
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent
many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard Shaw
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more
closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain
folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House
will be adorned by a downright moron.
H.L. Mencken, 1920
Democracy must be something more than
two wolves and a sheep voting on what to
have for dinner.
James Bovard
The opinions of ten thousand men are of no value, if none of them know anything about the subject.
Marcus Aurelius
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
Walter Bagehot
There are some acts of injustice which no national interest can excuse.
J.A. Froude
Failure to protest the policy may imply a willingness to condone it.
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Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Paulo Freire