Demagogues

And even then, Mr. Obama acknowledges that he will face tough opposition, what he calls demagogues who say any pathway to legalization is unacceptable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It should be held up as a crime to the execration of our children and of coming ages; and to this end we must condemn the conspirators by a national judgment that will ever after deter unprincipled and unscrupulous demagogues from a like attempt. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Even Mr. Ponsonby, who lately made so pathetic an appeal to the good sense of the people of England against those whom he was pleased to term demagogues, actually receives, for having been thirteen months in office, a sum equal to nine admirals who have spent their lives in the service of their country; three times as much as all the pensions given to all the daughters and children of all the admirals, captains, lieutenants, and other officers who have died in indigent circumstances, or who have been killed in the service. ❋ Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald (1873)

Kirwan also claims that overdue reforms were effected by the so-called demagogues, curbing the corporations, regulating public utilities, tax equalization, the building of hospitals and sanitoriums, literacy programs. ❋ Unknown (1975)

It is for every man, therefore, to keep an earnest and heedful eye to his own needs and the wants of those about him, if the _vox populi_ would be _vox Dei_, the utterance of God's truth; otherwise the opinion of the people will be the voice of demagogues, which is as far as possible from the voice of God. ❋ Various (N/A)

Now this chance of punishment proceeded altogether from those accusing orators commonly called demagogues, [67] and from the popular judicature whom they addressed. ❋ George Grote (1832)

It would be easy to name demagogues whose popularity has remained undiminished while sovereigns and parliaments have withdrawn their confidence from a long succession of statesmen. ❋ Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1829)

But what'll ultimately defeat the demagogues is the third factor in the article: ❋ Progressive (2010)

There are Latin American demagogues such as Hugo Chávez, who need a Yanqui enemy, and small Eurasian countries such as Georgia, which need a U.S. shield against Russia. ❋ Jackson Diehl (2008)

In order to take advantage of the moment, I am shocked to find out how many "demagogues" work for the feds as well as the media. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some pundits try to chalk up these concerns to Lou Dobbs, "demagogues," and -- I'm not making this up -- pure ignorance on the part of voters. ❋ Unknown (2008)