Bill Kristol Quotes

It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Self government is the hardest thing that people can do other than fighting a civil war.

Nobody expects democracy to be efficient--individual freedom was the primary purpose of our founders - but it should function at least a little

Democracy doesn't mean electing a dictator every five years.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Polls give candidates a method to find out what voters want.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

Democracy is finished in England.

The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.

A republic—if you can keep it.

If democracy is finished, all is lost.

However flawed democracy is, it is still the only answer.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

Democracy is an insecure landscape.

He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.

A free government is of all others the most energetic.

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.