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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / f. Against democracy

[reasons for doubting democratic politics]

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Ultimate democracy is tyranny [Aristotle]
If one despises illiterate mechanics individually, they are not worth more collectively [Cicero]
Unfortunately the majority do not tend to favour what is best [Seneca]
Democracy leads to internal strife, as people struggle to maintain or change ways of ruling [Rousseau]
When ministers change the state changes, because they always reverse policies [Rousseau]
Democracy diminishes mankind, making them mediocre and lowering their value [Nietzsche]
Democracy is organisational power in decline [Nietzsche]
In democracy we are more aware of being governed than of our tiny share in government [Russell]
Democratic institutions become impossible in a fanatical democracy [Russell]
Unfortunately ordinary voters can't detect insincerity [Russell]
On every new question the majority is always wrong at first [Russell]
Party politics in a democracy can't avoid an anti-democratic party [Weil]
Democrats are committed to a belief and to its opposite, if the majority prefer the latter [Scruton]