Quotations
Democracy
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
- Robert Byrne
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
- Winston S. Churchill
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
- Winston S. Churchill
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
- Bertrand Russell
It’s not the voting that’s democracy; It’s the counting.
- Tom Stoppard
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- Winston S. Churchill
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
- Ambrose Bierce
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
- Tom Stoppard
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
- Benjamin Lichtenberg
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
- Jorge Luis Borges
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