Critique of democracy

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Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel

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The masses Critique of democracy Political theory

Author

John Dryden

Source

Absalom and Achitophel

Medium

Poem

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1681 1680s 17th century

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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Absalom and Achitophel. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681, pt. 1, I. 781.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Absalom and Achitophel." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, pt. 1, I. 781.

Democracy is the worst form of government. It is the most inefficient, the most clumsy, the most unpractical... It reduces wisdom to impotence and secures the triumph of folly, ignorance, claptrap, and demagogy... Yet democracy is the only form of social order that is admissible, because it is the only one consistent with justice.

Robert Briffault

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Topic

Critique of democracy Democracy

Author

Robert Briffault

Source

Rational Evolution (The Making of Humanity)

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Briffault, Robert. The Making of Humanity. London: G. Allen & Unwin Limited.

Current Citation

Briffault, Robert. Rational Evolution (The Making of Humanity). Routledge, 2019, ch. 15.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

Critique of democracy Democracy Political theory

Speaker

Benito Mussolini

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mussolini, Benito. "Mussolini Says Fascism Will Live After He Is Done." Interviewed by Edwin L. James. New York Times, 15 Apr. 1928.