That quote attributed to Woodrow Wilson is not factual.
There is no evidence he ever said it (unless you have the attribution) and he was in love with the Fed Reserve and all the ideals of the elite controlling the lives of the ‘Little People’.
I agree what you said about WW but to him that statement could have beem possitive.
I have noticed when Obama is pleased with something even though we can see it is not working or true to the PO it is also true and good for he wants good to fail like Rush wants wrong to fail!
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
Woodrow Wilson
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/woodrowwil105428.html
of course the ignorant man did not know we have/had a Republic or was he talking about layers of platforms
Famous quotes on Democracy
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It might be more worthwhile if we stopped wringing our hands and started ringing our congressmen. ~Author Unknown
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
If people behaved like governments, you’d call the cops. ~Kelvin Throop
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government. ~William Howard Taft
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. ~James Russell Lowell
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. ~Woodrow Wilson
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? ~St. Augustine
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it. ~Benjamin Lichtenberg
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ~P.J. O’Rourke
If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion. ~George Bernard Shaw
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. ~Abraham Lincoln
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. ~Karl Marx
Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens. ~Edgar A. Suter
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. ~Louis Brandeis
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. ~Barry Goldwater
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time. ~Winston Churchill
Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don’t think. ~Author Unknown
The cure for capitalism’s failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone. ~Robert L. Heilbroner
Majority rule only works if you’re also considering individual rights. Because you can’t have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. ~Larry Flynt
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb. ~Benjamin Franklin