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Good God, sir, was that fair?|'''John Adams''', ''[[1776]]''}}
{{quote|''"Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion, not upon [[Blue Blood|the nobility of a race]], not on the merits of talents and of riches. It merely rests upon numbers and hides behind the name of the people."''|'''Pierre J. Proudhon, founder of [[
{{quote|"What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."|'''[[Discworld|Going Postal]]'''}}
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{{quote|"And so we are all equally dissatisfied. Democracy at its finest."|'''[[Kingdom Hearts|Marluxia]]''', in Ch. 70 of ''[[The Renegades]]''}}
{{quote|"Giving power to the inferior components of a nation could only produce inferior results. Those mediocre and substandard minds - uneducated, self-centred, avaricious, prejudiced, chauvinistically patriotic - would ultimately bring about the downfall of their society"|'''Alizome Tor Fel-A''', in [[Star Trek: Typhon Pact]]: ''Rough Beasts of Empire''.}}
{{quote|"Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried. Democracy's worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents - at a depressingly low level."|'''[[Robert Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]''', ''Stranger in a Strange Land''}}
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