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• A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
  It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury....
• 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....
• One of the merits of democracy is quite obvious: it is perhaps the most charming form of government ever devised by man.
  The reason is not far to seek. It is based on propositions that are palpably not true -- and what is not true, as everyone knows, is always immensely more fascinating and satisfying to the vast majority of men than what is true....
• Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
  -- Winston Churchill...
• Democracy is that form of government where everybody gets what the majority deserves.
  -- James Dale Davidso...
• Naturally the common people don't want war... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy
  and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• We have the power to do anything we like. Absolute power over every particle in the universe, everything that has ever existed or ever will exist, as from this moment.
  Are you listening to me, Romana?] Romana: Yes, of course I am....
• In a Democracy, decisions are made by a majority. Not by a majority of the people, but by a majority of that minority enfranchised to vote.
  Not just those who can vote. The minority is made up entirely of those who do vote, and that is quite a minority indeed that makes the decisions for a Democracy....