Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.