| 22533 | If the people are equal in nature, then they should all share in ruling [Aristotle] |
| 2817 | It is wrong that a worthy officer of state should seek the office [Aristotle] |
| 22576 | No office is permanent in a democracy [Aristotle] |
| 7254 | If you try to get elected, you should be permanently barred from seeking office [More,T] |
| 19998 | If deputies represent people, they are accountable, but less so if they represent places [Montesquieu] |
| 7251 | The English are actually slaves in between elections [Rousseau] |
| 20558 | Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead [Burke] |
| 22041 | Representatives by region ignores whether they care about the national interest [Hegel, by Pinkard] |
| 20504 | People can only participate in decisions in small communities, so representatives are needed [Mill] |
| 16009 | When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard] |
| 22682 | Universal suffrage is no guarantee of wise choices [Tocqueville] |
| 7976 | People like democracy because it means they can avoid power [Baudrillard] |
| 22264 | Modern liberal rights in democracies protect individuals against the majority [Sandel] |
| 23260 | A cap on time of service would restrict party control and career ambitions [Grayling] |
| 7477 | Modern democracy is actually elective oligarchy [Watson] |
| 20093 | In the 18th century democratic lots lost out to elections, that gave us a non-hereditary aristocracy [Reybrouck] |
| 20091 | Representative elections were developed in order to avoid democracy [Reybrouck] |
| 21126 | Representative should be either obedient, or sensible, or typical [Shorten] |
| 21128 | There is 'mirror representation' when the institution statistically reflects the population [Shorten] |
| 21127 | In a changed situation a Mandated Representative can't keep promises and fight for constituents [Shorten] |