tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304718752112021643.post6883122270053532981..comments2019-11-19T22:33:55.683+01:00Comments on Tim Hedges's Blog: Democracy nuisanceTim Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847114837719427755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304718752112021643.post-69717661563115762432012-08-07T07:42:36.712+02:002012-08-07T07:42:36.712+02:00[After a quick 'Google' search - this corr...[After a quick 'Google' search - this corrected quotation from Winston Churchill [1874-1965] = "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried". [Context, setting, date and place were not given]. <br /><br />Churchill also was quoted thus: "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read quotations"! ;-) -30-DAVE PHILLIPSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304718752112021643.post-34405760607644047392012-08-06T18:12:05.264+02:002012-08-06T18:12:05.264+02:00Lord Salisbury, PM of Great Britain in the closing...Lord Salisbury, PM of Great Britain in the closing years of the 19th century, reversed Mr Monti's argument. He always told foreign leaders (such as Bismarck) that Her Majesty's Government could not enter into lasting formal alliances or treaties precisely because Parliament always retained the right to withdraw from them.Tom Welshnoreply@blogger.com