Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Democracy
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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
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I repeat that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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That fatal drollery called a representative government.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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As for our majority... one is enough.
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Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?