“The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.”

“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”

“In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”

“It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.”

“Suppose the elections are free and fair and those elected are racists, fascists, separatists", said the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke about Yugoslavia in 1990s. "that is the dilemma”

“Most people hates politicians and politics itself:but always vote during election to elect a president. I am always tempted to ask who a politician is ?”