The life of a democracy, however, cannot be reduced to a mere succession of elections and parliamentary procedures, otherwise, as Churchill famously quipped, it would be 'the worst form of government except for all the others'.
Demokrati lader sig imidlertid ikke reducere til valghandlinger og parlamentariske procedurer, idet vi så blot står med den dårligste af alle styreformer - lige med undtagelse af alle de andre - for nu at bruge Winston Churchills berømte paradoks.