It’s not the voting that’s democracy; It’s the counting.
-Tom Stoppard "Tom Stoppard"
Quotations
Democracy
-Tom Stoppard "Tom Stoppard"
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"
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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 being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
-Robert Byrne
Democracy is the road to socialism.
-Karl Marx
Democracy means not I am as good as you are, but you are as good as I am.
-Theodore Parker
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
