Some interesting quotes about democracy. I am not trying to make a point here. Just amusing myself and hopefully you too. Maybe I am trying to appear more intelligent or deeper than I actually am.
“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.” Dr. Lawrence Peters, author of the Peter Principle
“Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.” Robert Byrne, Chess Grandmaster
“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” Oscar Wilde
“There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it” Alexis de Tocqueville, 19th Century French political thinker and historian
“Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.” Bertrand Russel. This is almost the exact quote as the Lawrence Peter quote above. Peter lived from 1919-1990. Russel from 1782-1970. Who knows
And Finally:
“It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.” Tre Cool, drummer for the Punk Rock band "Green Day".
And THAT should settle the question of whether I am deep or intelligent.
FYI: These came from quotesdaddy.com.
Good old Bertrand Russell, he lived to a (very) ripe old age.
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