To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! — H. L. Mencken. American journalist and writer (1880–1956) Ideas
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.