One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.George Orwell
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.Nelson Mandela
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.Plato
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.Plato
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.Plato