2,003 Quotes About Democracy

If you are conscientious and responsible, and you act on that responsibility, then all will be well for our society, but if you live and act like a bunch of spineless bugs asleep with complacency, then even a thousand Naskars, Chomskys and Platos would fall short to put the society straight.

Having good politicians is important, but more important is to have good citizens.

The new Kenya they are allegedly midwifing through the BBI is a Kenya of thieves and those stolen from. It is high time Kenyans stand up and be counted, dare to speak truth to power. We won't fatten 'leeches' on our salty blood and sweat any longer at the expense of our children! This time round they MUST HEAR US!

Whoever controls the narrative, controls the people.

Our aim should be to eliminate politics altogether, but in the meantime, we must continue to humanize the democracy of today by empowering the good politicians and methodically placing political power only in the hands of the capable through proper training and licensing, like in medical practice, and not through random selection and election of candidates.

Democracy driven by populism leads to a savage, superstitious and divided society, not a civilized, thinking and united one.

The hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing. It leads some of the best of the critics to unfortunate silence and paralysis of effort, and others to burst into speech so passionately and intemperately as to lose listeners.

We can take the revolutionary leap from democracy to meritocracy right now - dissolve the government and all political offices, and keep the departments that actually run a nation anyways.

Governments don't care about peace, governments only care about sovereignty - they only care about control - control of the people, control of the resources and control of the soil.