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The strongest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.
-Sir Winston Churchill
In the case of a word like DEMOCRACY, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different.
-George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
Democracy is a system ensuring that the people are governed no better than they deserve.
-George Bernard Shaw
-Sir Winston Churchill
In the case of a word like DEMOCRACY, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different.
-George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
Democracy is a system ensuring that the people are governed no better than they deserve.
-George Bernard Shaw
