Ted Yoho Quotes

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy a few people have their way; in a democracy no one has his way.

Strange isn’t it? We are all democrats now.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.

The lamentations of good men on the subject of party are vain; parties are inseparable from every free government; and you must either have parties with all their good and bad effects, or no freedom of thought or speech, as in Turkey, or any other state where parties are not to be found.

I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.

Any dictatorship would be better than modern democracy. There cannot be so incompetent a dictator, that he would show more stupidity than a majority of the people. Best dictatorship would be one where lots of heads would roll and government would prevent any economical growth.

In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!

The chief difference [between totalitarian and free countries] is that only the totalitarians appear clearly to know how they want to achieve that result, while the free world has only its past achievements to show, being by its very nature unable to offer any detailed "plan" for further growth.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Democracy is not about one party dominating.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about.

All of my novels are democracies.

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

The United States is not, nor has ever been, anything close to a fascist country.