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
Quotations
Democracy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
-Anonymous
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
-Tom Stoppard
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
-Oscar Wilde
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-Abraham Lincoln
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston S. Churchill
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"
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 is the road to socialism.
-Karl Marx
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
-Benjamin Lichtenberg
