Quote Series #2. Winston Churchill about Democracy

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Denys Opria
Progress Academy

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Quote:

Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms... Winston Churchill

Insights for You:

Before WWII there were 3 major political concepts with different forms of Government: liberal democracy, fascism, communism. People all around the world were arguing about which of them was the best.

After WWII there left only 2 of them: liberal democracy and communism. Fascism has lost that fight. Still, the finalist wasn’t clear then.

Many people in the Western world have criticized democracy. They said that democracy had failed. Democracy didn’t prevent the war.

Answering them, Churchill said these words in 1947, 2 years after WWII. The world was polarising between democracy and communism.

The full 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 for all those other forms that…

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Denys Opria
Progress Academy

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