Democracy Quotes

I thought I'd share a few of my favorite quotes on democracy...

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
-- Sir Winston Churchill, November 11, 1947

“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
-- George Bernard Shaw

“Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.”
-- Sydney J. Harris

“All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.”
-- Alfred E. Smith

And one funny one...

“Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
-- Anonymous


Here's my own attempt at defining democracy...

Democracy is the assumption that empowerment means less terrorists in the world. Dictatorship is the assumption that absolute power does not corrupt absolutely.

How do you define democracy?

gary

democracy it's not

I have a serious issue with those who fall for this trap. When you hear the phrase "direct talks between North Korea and the United States", the statement pretends that dictators represents people just the same as elected governments. A more accurate statement would be "direct talks between the North Korean dictatorship and the United States". Those few extra words teach our children.

If you don't know what democracy is, you can't fight for it.

gary