Republics Quotes. QuotesGram

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.

Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics.

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.