
[(en) 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.]
Zdroj: projev v Dolní sněmovně, 11. listopadu 1947 (The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc. 206–07)