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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. Awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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    الديمقراطية تحل محل الانتخابات من قبل الكثيرين غير الأكفاء للتعيين من قبل القلة الفاسدين.

    Demokratie ersetzt Wahl durch die inkompetenten Vielen und Ernennung durch die korrupten Wenigen.

    η δημοκρατία αντικαθιστά τις εκλογές από τους ανίκανους πολλούς για διορισμό από τους λίγους διεφθαρμένους.

    la democracia sustituye la elección de muchos incompetentes por el nombramiento de unos pocos corruptos.

    民主主義は、腐敗した少数による任命の代わりに、無能な多数による選挙を代用する。

    демократия заменяет выборы некомпетентными для назначения коррумпированными.

    民主由无能的人代替选举由腐败的少数人任命。

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