Similar quotesDemocracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement Attlee 
That government is best which governs least.
Thomas Paine 
Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
Ambrose Bierce 
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard Shaw 
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.
Elbert Hubbard 