Jesse Jackson on democracy

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer, but imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

Keep hope alive!

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947), published in 206–07 The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc.