Quotations on Democracy
Democracy...is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.
-John Patrick
In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions -- and every other man is entitled not to listen.
-G. Norman Collie
Baseball suits the character of this democratic nation. Democracy is government by persuasion. That means it requires patience. That means it involves a lot of compromise. Democracy is the slow politics of the "half-loaf." Baseball is the game of the long season where small incremental differences decide who wins and loses a particular game, series, season. In baseball you know going to the ballpark that chances are you may win, but you may also lose. There's no certainty, no given. You know when a season starts that the best team is going to get beaten a third of the time, worse team is going to win a third of the time. The argument is over a 162 game middle third. So, it's a game you can't like if winning is everything. And, Democracy is that way too.
-George Will
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
-Walter Winchell

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