Here are some quotes about how democracies die:
- “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.” – Robert M. Hutchins
- “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” – Milton Friedman
- “The greatest threat to our democracy is not from foreign adversaries, but from our own divisions, cynicism, and apathy.” – Barack Obama
- “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
- “If we don’t fight for democracy, we might have to live under fascism.” – Unknown
- “Democracy dies in darkness.” – Washington Post motto
- “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” – Plato
- “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill
- “The death of democracy is not likely to be an event that will be marked by a single, defining moment. Instead, it will be a slow, steady erosion of the values that underpin democracy, until one day we wake up and realize that it is gone.” – David Runciman