It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. We make war that we may live in peace. Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?