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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote (Benjamin Franklin)
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote (Benjamin Franklin)
Das Problem in unseren Zeiten ist leider, daß die “liberty” -nach Jahrzehnten demokratischer Abrüstung- absolut unbewaffnet den zwei Wölfen gegenübersteht…………..
Dieses Zitat stammt laut Wikiquote nicht von Franklin..
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
“Widely attributed to Franklin on the Internet, sometimes without the second sentence. It is not found in any of his known writings, and the word “lunch” is not known to have appeared anywhere in English literature until the 1820s, decades after his death. The phrasing itself has a very modern tone and the second sentence especially might not even be as old as the internet. Some of these observations are made in response to a query at Google Answers.”
@begges
So what? Der Inhalt stimmt.