Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
-Jorge Luis Borges
Quotations
Democracy
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-Abraham Lincoln
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
-Winston S. Churchill
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
-Robert Byrne
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
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
-Bertrand Russell
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston S. Churchill
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
-Irving Kristol
