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Abraham Lincoln1809–1865

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.

Abraham Lincoln on democracy

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (1861)

Democracy Government

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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin Franklin
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
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