Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Themes
Democracy
Crowds, majorities, and the comedy of self-rule.
If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
The majority possesses a power that is physical and moral at the same time, which acts upon the will as well as upon the actions, and represses not only all contest, but all controversy.
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.