American democracy Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare American democracy American voters Anti conservative Democracies have Democracy Democracy in america Democratic country Democratic republic Firearms Forms of government Founding fathers democracy Founding fathers gun Four Great conservative Gun Gun control Inspirational voting Lambs Liberal democracy Lunch Not voting Patriot Pro gun Total war Two wolves Tyranny Tyranny founding fathers Vote Voters Voting Voting and democracy Voting founding fathers
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner with one sheep. — Charles De Montesquieu Copy Share Image
So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of… — Marvin Simkin Copy Share Image
Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you put it… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus tells of a peasant who was occupied by a different devil for every day in the week, and on Sundays by two. They were frequently seen, always walking in his shadow, when he had one, but… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael Jackson had… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have… — Charles R. Chamberlain Copy Share Image
This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount… — Michael Gerson Copy Share
Men like Abraham Lincoln recognized that if the slaveholders were not stopped, it would only be a question of time until they spread their… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
These communities that are losing local news coverage are losing something deeper. They're losing a connection to American democracy. And those connections must be… — Brian Stelter Copy Share Image
“Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they track the trumpet and the singer comes in and they ship the tape somewhere. Well, none of the musicians have played together. You can’t play jazz music that way. In order for you to play jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share
As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share
If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the government against… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Political violence has no place in Pennsylvania - the birthplace of American democracy - nor anywhere else across this country. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice.… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. They're troublemaking efforts. They're… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
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