Hunter S. Thompson Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy - then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece. Probably the rarest form of life in American politics is the man who can turn on a crowd & still keep his head straight - assuming it was straight in the first place.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Men, Office, Democracy

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

• I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Believe, Democracy, Republican

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.319, Pan Macmillan

• All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Blood, Democracy, Population

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.319, Pan Macmillan

• The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, America, Tree

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

• Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Democracy, Anticipate

  Hunter S. Thompson, Beef Torrey, Kevin Simonson (2008). “Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson”, p.131, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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