May 6, 2013

QUOTATION OF THE SEASON: FINEST HOUR 146, SPRING 2010

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 “Do you or do you not believe in democracy?” That is a fairly large question….there was the lady who wrote a metaphysical treatise
[beginning] with the words “I accept the Universe.” And, as we all know, Mr. Carlyle made the celebrated comment: ‘Gad, she’d better.’ “That is rather like my feeling about democracy. I accept it. But I am a good deal more doubtful whether democracy believes in Parliamentary institutions….We have only to look across the Channel in Europe to see how democracy tends in its present manifestation to be injurious to the Parliamentary system and to the personal liberties which are dear to the Liberal heart.” —WSC. HOUSE OF COMMONS, 11 FEBRUARY 1935