Meritocratic Quotes

“Our aim should be to eliminate politics altogether, but in the meantime, we must continue to humanize the democracy of today by empowering the good politicians and methodically placing political power only in the hands of the capable through proper training and licensing, like in medical practice, and not through random selection and election of candidates.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“If an immigrant's daughter can become the vice-president of our United States, then the day is not far that even an immigrant can become the president - of course it'll require further amendments to the constitution, but that day our sweet land of liberty will truly be an advanced nation on earth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“We can take the revolutionary leap from democracy to meritocracy right now - dissolve the government and all political offices, and keep the departments that actually run a nation anyways.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“Dictatorship is rule of the cunning, democracy is rule of the halfwits. Both are quite degrading for society, cause neither of them is born of merits.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“Meritocracy is the fulfillment of democracy, not the destruction of it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“Meritocracy is about building a society which is shaped by excellence and guided by character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to End Democracy: The Meritocratic Manifesto

“A civilized democracy is built upon character and assimilation, not upon bigotry and differentiation.”
― Abhijit Naskar