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Terry Pratchett

“I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts”

“I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts,” said Brutha. “That way, everyone’s happy.”

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The Walking Dead

Let’s get one thing clear, this isn’t a democracy anymore.

Rick: Let’s get one thing clear, this isn’t a democracy anymore.

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Howard Zinn

direct action by concerned citizens

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.

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John Holt

Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it is to support one or the other party, to deny any man’s vote.

Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it is to support one or the other party, to deny any man’s vote.

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George Eliot

An election is coming…and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

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The Simpsons

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply-doesn’t-work.

Kent: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply-doesn’t-work.

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Winston Churchill

Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe.

Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. 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.