Joseph Sobran Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves.

  Joseph Sobran

  Believe, Democracies Have, Libertarian Party

• Since outright slavery has been discredited, "democracy" is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.

  Joseph Sobran

  People, Democracy, Liberty

• So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep can freely express its preference for which kind of wolf it wants to be eaten by. Many sheep, perhaps understandably, prefer a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is after all the basic idea of democracy. So far it has worked pretty well. The wolves all agree on that, and they want to spread democracy everywhere.

  Joseph Sobran

  Sheep, Ideas, Democracy

• Mass democracy guarantees stupidity. Masses of people, even if they're individually intelligent, can only act stupidly.

  Joseph Sobran

  Intelligent, People, Stupidity

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