It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
-Winston S. Churchill
Quotations
Democracy
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston S. Churchill
It’s not the voting that’s democracy; It’s the counting.
-Tom Stoppard "Tom Stoppard"
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
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 must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
-James Bovard
"Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty"
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
-Oscar Wilde
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
-Anonymous
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
-George Bernard Shaw
