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“It looks as if British democracy died a few years ago, and nobody noticed.”

— Steve Merrick

We boast of being one of the oldest democracies in existence and it is a point of pride for many of us that British…

— Layla Moran

“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the…

— Frank Herbert

“We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if the large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political…

— Simon Schama

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

— Frederick Forsyth

Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are seeing that…

— Miguel Gomes

“A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.”

— Zaman Ali

Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.

— Johnny Carson

“Keep in mind that democracy merely gives power to the people; it does not ensure that power will be used wisely or humanely.”

— Rodney Stark

“America: An ongoing experiment in democracy controlled largely by insanely wealthy people. And that's just the way we like it, thank you very much.”

— James Napoli

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.

— Geoff Mulgan