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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions
You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions
Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.
Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.
For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.
For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.