Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because its chatter gets widely reported. So two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.


What I Believe (1938)

E. M. Forster Quotes

Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because...

Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because...

Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because...

Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because...