Government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.

Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

Government by the most unscrupulous or unsuitable people, or a state governed by such people.

Rule by the least-able or least-principled of citizens…a form of government in which the people least qualified to control the government are the people who control the government.

–Dictionary.com

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” –Samuel Adams