Never may a man prone to believe scandal be a despot or a popular leader! Under his guidance, democracy itself will be despotism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Democracy passes into despotism.
Despotism is a long crime.
Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them.