Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
If you want to understand democracy spend less time in the library with Plato and more time in the buses with people.
Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.
People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.
