Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
Quotations
Democracy
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
-Bertrand Russell
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
It’s not the voting that’s democracy; It’s the counting.
-Tom Stoppard "Tom Stoppard"
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 an abuse of statistics.
-Jorge Luis Borges
