“Democracy is the art of cheerfully pulling the wool over the eyes of the people, and doing so in their name.”
Demokratie ist die Kunst, dem Volk im Namen des Volkes feierlich das Fell über die Ohren zu ziehn.
Bissige Aphorismen, S. 64
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Demokratie ist die Kunst, dem Volk im Namen des Volkes feierlich das Fell über die Ohren zu ziehn.
Bissige Aphorismen, Rowohlt 1994, ISBN 3-499-22061-X, S. 64
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