[KLUG Members] (OT) Churchill

[Robert G. Brown]

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:12:25 -0400, Adam Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com> wrote:

>The exact quote goes "Democracy is the worst form of government except
>all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.",
>according to my quote book.  And while attributed to Winston, there is a
>note about speculation whether this is an "original" statement or was he
>paraphrasing someone else (no shock, Winston was kind of a rube from
>everything I've read).

An extended quote:
   "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."
       Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 11, 1947

I see no credible indication that Churchill was paraphrasing, and I'd
like to know in what way[s] he can be characterized as a "rube".

If it's all the same, we can take this off-list.

						Regards,
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