Democracy | Some revealing quotes

"The only true human right is the right to be left alone - by anyone you didn't invite or welcome." Roland Baader

"We were raised by people who dutifully follow the rules of state power. We were brought up to follow the rules & not question the state. But now malicious people make the rules. It's time to teach our children something different." The Libertarian Pilot

"In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through study and comparison of principles." Joost A.M. Meerloo

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations." George Orwell

"Thank you Melinda & Bill for your leadership and dedication!" Ursula von der Leyen

"What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and easy to fool. Democratic politicians must appeal to these masses in order to be elected. Whoever is the best demagogue will win. Almost by necessity, then, democracy will lead to the perversion of truth, justice and beauty." Hans-Hermann Hoppe

"We decide on something, leave it lying around, and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back." Jean-Claude Juncker

"When it becomes serious, you have to lie." Jean-Claude Juncker

"The real goal of totalitarian ideology is not the transformation of the external conditions of human existence and not the revolutionary reorganization of the social order, but the transformation of human nature itself, which, as it is, constantly opposes the totalitarian process. … What is at stake in total domination is really the essence of man." Hannah Arendt

"At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice." Gore Vidal

"If at a future moment fascism will return, it will not be so stupid as to say: 'I am fascism.' It will say: 'I am antifascism.'" Ignazio Silone

"American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor." Upton Sinclair

"Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it." Friedrich Dürrenmatt

"Justice dwells on a level to which justice has no access." Friedrich Dürrenmatt