Keyword: Democracy

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

(1920 – 1994) German-born author & poet
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I intend to open this country up to democracy, and anyone who is against that, I will jail.

(1918 – 1999) Brazilian military leader & politician
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Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

(1972 – ) Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist & actor
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor
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It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
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Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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Democracy means government by discussion but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

(1883 – 1967) British prime minister & politician
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Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
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Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator
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Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

(1925 – 2005) television host
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Democracy is mob rule, but with income taxes.

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Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
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If the people of a democracy are allowed to do so, they will vote away the freedoms which are essential to that democracy.

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Georgie believed in democracy, and he felt that everybody had a right to an opinion… his.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
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