It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
-Tom Stoppard
Quotations
Democracy
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-Abraham Lincoln
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
-Jorge Luis Borges
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
-Oscar Wilde
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
Democracy means not I am as good as you are, but you are as good as I am.
-Theodore Parker
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston S. Churchill
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
-Anonymous
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
-Robert Byrne
