"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
> George M. Middius > wrote in
>> Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>
>>> How does that quote go?-- "We have a terrible system of gov't
>>> but it is way better than the #2 one."
>>
>> I think the one about democracy is attributed to Churchill:
>> "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the
>> others."
>
> More accurately, Churchill is believed by some to have actually
> said:
>
> "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government
> except all the others that have been tried."

Actually what Churchill did say according to the "Oxford Dictionary of
Quotations" is:
'Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that
have been tried from time to time.'

> This, however, cannot be confirmed as it is not listed in the
> quotes (and quotes falsely attributed) on the Churchill Centre and
> Museum website, and one would think it would be.

It is indeed included at that site - page 9 of this:
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/imag...all%20time.pdf

> http://www.winstonchurchill.org/lear...ations/famous-
> quotations-and-stories
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7sgtlpk
>
> There are many quotes which one can say that Churchill wished he
> had said, like the "rum, sodomy and the lash" quote or others
> erroneously attributed to him like the abominable "Conservative by
> the time you're 35".

According to Harold Nicholson's diary of 17 August 1950, Churchill
supposedly said "Naval Traditions? Monstrous. Nothing but rum, sodomy,
prayers and the lash."