The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.

In a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.

Despotism achieves great things illegally; democracy doesn’t even take the trouble to achieve small things legally.

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

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

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

Some to the common pulpits, and cry out / “Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!”

The worship of opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.

Vox populi, vox humbug.

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