In the democratic forms of government the operation of universal suffrage tends toward the selection of the average man for public office rather than the man qualified by birth, education, and integrity … From a racial point of view, it will inevitably increase the preponderance of the lower types and cause a corresponding loss of efficiency in the community as a whole.


The Passing of the Great Race (1916)

Madison Grant Quotes

In the democratic forms of government the operation of universal suffrage tends toward the selection of the average man for public office rather than ...

In the democratic forms of government the operation of universal suffrage tends toward the selection of the average man for public office rather than ...

In the democratic forms of government the operation of universal suffrage tends toward the selection of the average man for public office rather than ...

In the democratic forms of government the operation of universal suffrage tends toward the selection of the average man for public office rather than ...