実際、民主主義は最悪の政治形態と言うことが出来る。これまでに試みられてきた民主主義以外のあらゆる政治形態を除けば、だが。
英国の元首相ウィンストン・チャーチルの演説の一節。
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 for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.