Quotations
Democracy
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
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
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 is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
- Bertrand Russell
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
- Irving Kristol
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
- Oscar Wilde
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
- Robert Byrne
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
- Benjamin Lichtenberg
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