Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Some of the problems of governance in the United States today stem from an excess of democracy ... The effective operation of a democratic political system usually requires some measure of apathy and non-involvement on the part of some individuals and groups.” ~ Samuel Huntington U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral CommissionSource: Trilateral Commission Report on the Governability of Democracies, The Crisis of Democracy (1975), 169.