“Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.”
Florence King
“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”
Winston Churchill
“All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.”
Voltaire
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”
“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
Oscar Wilde
