7 Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Democracy

Benjamin Disraeli quotes on democracy

55. 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.

94. 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.

153. That fatal drollery called a representative government.

161. The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

179. As for our majority... one is enough.

193. 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.

199. I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?