Thomas William Ludlow Ashley Quotes

I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Democracy is good, provided the government can function.

Representative democracy has for its characteristic object and effect…securing its members against oppression and depredation at the hands of those functionaries which it employs for its defense.

Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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

American democracy is at its best in its talent for the transfer for power.

Democracy in America is more than a two minute sound byte.

The democratic system prevailing in the world does not suit us ...

We need a strong state but we need a democratic one.

American democracy is a unique form of government which at the same time requires [political] competition and cooperation.

Constitutional democracy is a Western idea.

Democracy can be defined in many different ways. This is one reason why there have existed so many varieties of -democratic- states in the world

Democracy cannot be created out of thin air

Democracy sounds good but it doesn’t always bring results …. I don’t think I would invest as much money as I am in developing a city in a democracy.

I have a negative approach to democracy. I think it should be primarily a mechanism by which people can remove a bad leader.

The fate of our democracy lies both in the hannds if the people and of the President

Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.

The nature of democracy is such that when there's - there'll be revulsion, obviously, towards - that's never going to happen again.

Part of the reason we like democracy is it's the portfolio of decades, which is to say you don't also get the disastrous dictator who completely destroys a society, engages you in wars and so forth.

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

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

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.