George Lucas Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.

  George Lucas

  Ideas, People, Giving

  "Democracy, Tyranny, and Star Wars". Time Interview, www.ign.com. April 25, 2002.

• I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot.

  George Lucas

  Believe, San Francisco, America

• That's the issue that I've been exploring: How did the Republic turn into the Empire? That's paralleled with: How did Anakin turn into Darth Vader? How does a good person go bad, and how does a democracy become a dictatorship? It isn't that the Empire conquered the Republic, it's that the Empire is the Republic.

  George Lucas

  Issues, Democracy, Doe

  "Democracy, Tyranny, And Star Wars" By Paul Davidson, www.ign.com. April 25, 2002.

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