~ At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . . ~
~ Of democracy, only the shoemaker can make the shoe. Only the wearer can tell if it fits. ~
~ Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management. ~
~ Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed? ~