Winston Churchill Speech: Bruce Bartley

Speech delivered by Winston Churchill on December 8, 1944, in the House of Commons:

"... how is the word "democracy" to be interpreted? My idea of it is that the plain, humble, common man, just the ordinary man who keeps a wife and family, who goes off to fight for his country when it is in trouble, goes to the poll at the appropriate time, and puts his cross on the ballot-paper showing the candidate he wishes to be elected...-- that he is the foundation of democracy. And it is also essential to this foundation that this man or woman should do this without fear, and without any form of intimidation or victimisation. He marks his ballot-paper in strict secrecy, and then elected representatives meet and together decide what Government ... they wish to have in their country. If that is democracy I salute it. I espouse it. I would work for it...."