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

Quote by John Jacobs Rogers

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The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could...

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could...

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...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their...

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights...

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...