 Quote > The best argument against democracy...The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Continued at top
Owned by Unordained - Created on 09/04/2003 - Never edited 12/25/06 :: Folder :: Government & Politics01/28/05 :: Person :: Winston Churchill10/22/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Indymedia: Between Passion and Pragmatism07/03/03 :: Article :: Voting :: Does your vote count? 07/05/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: U.S. Republican Party Platform (2000)07/05/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: U.S. Green Party Platform (current)07/05/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: U.S. Democratic Party Platform (2000)05/30/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: U.S. Libertarian Platform (current) 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Søren KierkegaardPeople demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. 07/24/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Ghost In The Machine07/05/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Issues2000.org04/07/04 :: Article :: What are we electing? :: Representatives, whether local or national, are an interesting thing.02/22/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Election Selection 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Winston ChurchillA fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.  09/04/03 :: Quote :: George OrwellIf liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. 11/16/05 :: Quote :: Louis D. Brandeis, US Supreme Court JusticeThe greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.  10/07/04 :: Article :: The Election :: Are we sick of the candidates yet?09/04/03 :: Quote :: O'RourkeIf government were a product, selling it would be illegal. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Adolf Hitler (disputed)What luck for the rulers that men do not think! 08/29/08 :: Quote :: Harry S TrumanWhenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. 08/26/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Inside Ronald Reagan08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonSometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonYet it is easy to foresee, from the nature of things, that the encroachments of the State governments will tend to an excess of liberty which will correct itself, while those of the General Government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day. 07/08/05 :: Quote :: GhandiI believe that no government can exist for a single moment without the co-operation of the people, willing or forced, and if people suddenly withdraw their co-operation in every detail, the government will come to a standstill.  06/02/04 :: Quote :: Lao-TzuA leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
05/23/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Banning the Vote04/18/04 :: Quote :: Henry Stimson (Secretary of State)... gentlemen do not read each other's mail. 04/07/04 :: Quote :: Theodore RooseveltTo announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or anyone else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else. 02/25/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThere is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. 02/05/04 :: Article :: An Ounce of Prevention :: What if The People don't want to do what is good for them?01/28/08 :: Quote :: Hannah ArendtThe most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. 01/24/05 :: Quote :: Charles de GaulleThe graveyards are full of indispensable men. 01/22/04 :: Article :: The Real Voodoo :: The Recession argument is conducted poorly |
