Democracy | Some revealing quotes

"Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy." A. J. Liebling

"The tyrants are only great because we are on our knees." Étienne de La Boétie

"If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free" Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The public is not cognizant of the real value of education, and does not realize that education as a social force is not receiving the kind of attention it has the right to expect in a democracy." Edward Bernays