The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.

The only equals are those who are equally rich.

If the people be the governors, who shall be governed?

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant, democracy to many.

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it.

What touches all shall be approved by all.

In America, everybody is, but some are more than others.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy, manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie knife.

Do you suppose it possible to know democracy without knowing the people?