Laurence J. Peter Quotes

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Democracy doesn't mean electing a dictator every five years.

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

Democracy is about opposition.

We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.

Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a good client.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

In an election, there are no kings.

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

Democracy is a process.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

Democracy is that system of government under which the people, having 35,717,342 native-born whites to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of the State.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.