
Демократия
Демократия
Вариант: Демократия — наихудшая форма правления, если не считать всех остальных.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
Speech 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. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1947/nov/11/parliament-bill#column_206
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Вариант: Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
Контексте: Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Демократия
„Демократия означает правление необразованных, аристократия — правление плохо образованных.“
Из речи в Палате Общин 11 ноября 1947 года.
No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters.
Демократия
„Демократия — правление многих — знает лишь закон числа…“
Без источника