"Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day."
-- Benito Mussolini
(1883-1945), Italian dictator during WW2
1928
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Benito.Mussolini.Quote.5035
"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."
-- James Russell Lowell
(1819-1891) American author and diplomatist
Source: The Biglow Papers, II, 1862
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/James.Lowell.Quote.52BB
"Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Source: Nominalist and Realist, 1841
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Ralph.Waldo.Emerson.Quote.1A4B
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