"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
Holistically speaking, I'd say the sheeple have us teetering somewhere between Democracy and a stalemate.
John A Roark
01-12-2010, 05:58 AM
Democracy BAD!
Republic GOOD.
kerrin
03-30-2010, 05:53 PM
I like these from H.L. Mencken:
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
"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."
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office."
"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."