“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
- Winston Churchill
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
- John F. Kennedy
“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.”
- Eugene V. Debs
“Democracy is worth dying for, because it is the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”
- Ronald Reagan
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
- Abraham Lincoln
“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“Indeed, 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.”
- Winston Churchill
“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.”
- E.B. White
“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.”
- John F. Kennedy
November 4th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Worked the polls from open to close today. I was the election judge for our precinct. After 2 presidential, one gubernatorial and several local elections over the last 4 years I am qualified to state that your first quote from Sir Winston is absolutely and positively correct.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I know the events of last week suck…and it’s not the birthday present I wanted but, as a like-minded friend here in the office said Thursday morning “you know, the sun came up today!”.
Yes, a bit dim, but it did come up. Happy belated birthday.