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

Quote by Alan Coren

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Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing...

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing...

I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their...

I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their...

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

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

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely...

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely...

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot...

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their...

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their...

'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek...

'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek...

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do...

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do...

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion...

The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion...

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...