Quote#Politics & Power
[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy,…
Quote byDavid Lloyd George · 1863–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prime Minister, Remarks to C. P. Scott (3 April 1917), in Trevor Wilson (ed.), The Political Diaries of C. P. Scott, 1911-1928 (1970), p. 274.
English (original)
[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all kinds into Parliament, and establishing groups and disintegrating parties.
— David Lloyd George
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