Saturday, January 2, 2016

Sayings By or For Southerners, Part XXIII

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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with an average voter
— Winston Churchill

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for every other kind that has been tried. –Churchill

The lowest common denominator in America is a lot lower than it used to be.
–Clyde Wilson

The rebels have exhibited a most wonderful energy and skill in carrying on their struggle. No people on the face of the earth ever made so hard a fight with such limited means . . . They have displayed a combination of dash and endurance never before equaled in history.   All candid men . . . are free to admit that the final triumph of our national armies will be due only to superiority in numbers.
–Henry J. Raymond, staunch Republican editor of the New York Times.

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