Not sure if Walt Kelly’s Pogo was referring to a democratic republic. But the other quote by Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” is accurate to the extent that Churchill ignores the Constitutional Republic form of government that existed at the time in America — existed, that is, prior to FDR and most all of FDR’s presidential successors, and most notably, the current U.S. dictator who masquerades as a president.
Pogo: “We have met the enemy and he is us.”
Walt Kelly understood the problems of a democratic republic years ago. It is the worst form of government – except for all the others..
Not sure if Walt Kelly’s Pogo was referring to a democratic republic. But the other quote by Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” is accurate to the extent that Churchill ignores the Constitutional Republic form of government that existed at the time in America — existed, that is, prior to FDR and most all of FDR’s presidential successors, and most notably, the current U.S. dictator who masquerades as a president.
Winston Churchill was drunk. He had an excuse.