Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Competence Quotes, Democracy Quotes

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they...

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they...

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!