That is the notorious danger of modern democracy. That is also its purpose and its strength.
Democracy Quotes
Barack Obama and the Nigerian president Bola Tinubu have the most entries, with H. L. Mencken and Franklin Roosevelt behind them, so a lot of the page is speeches. For the dry material go to Mencken in Smart Set (1910), who called democracy the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard; Shaw’s Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), on election by the incompetent many instead of appointment by the corrupt few; and Disraeli’s Lothair (1870).
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch” is credited to Benjamin Franklin and flagged misattributed. The earliest version in the notes is a Usenet post from 23 April 1990. The line that democracy is the most vile form of government, credited to Madison, is flagged too.
All power, as well as all the impotence of democracy is based on faith
The more that democracy is assumed to be inevitable, the more likely it will self-destruct.
It's obviously an issue [democracy] which is hugely important to a new generation.
If I wear yellow, some will think I’m CCC. But this is about creating a platform for democracy
It seemed to us the sinister reversion to the war system would be at the cost of democracy.
Democracy is a way of life that encompasses a broad outlook of which elections are but a part.