"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for……" — George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
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- Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right… — Charles Babbage
- Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators… — Gary Bauer
- We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? — Samuel Beckett
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- The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in… — Quentin Crisp
- Every child you encounter is a divine appointment. — Wess Stafford
- A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get… — Abraham Lincoln
- Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that… — Marc Ian Barasch
- I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beechtree, or a… — Henry David Thoreau
- I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to… — Giuliana Rancic
- The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a… — James Madison
- A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. — Stendhal