Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as
good as I am.'

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.

Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful
strokes.

Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful
strokes.

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.

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.

For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to read more

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.

And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.