Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. – Margaret Thatcher
Retort 1
But unlike from the roadside, you may be able to spot the danger coming from a long way off.
Retort 2
From the middle of the road, it’s half the distance to safety as it is from the wrong side to the right side of the road if you happen to have chosen badly.
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. ―
Retort 1
Spare us the good shepherd who, after dining on the proceeds from the sheep’s life-long service, sends the entire flock to the slaughter.
Retort 2
The sheep is damned but the wolves may well take heed that, next time round, the less bloodthirsty of the two will be on the menu.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
Retort 1
Between speaking truth to ignorance and speaking truth to power, you have your work cut out for the rest of your life or your life cut short for a trifle.
Retort 2
A five-minute conversation with an autocrat is called an audience, where the voter listens while the autocrat speaks, and five minutes is what is left thereafter of the voter’s life.
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