[44] News from Absurdistan - The People, Good Enough To Elect the Powers That Be, Not Good Enough To Vote on The Foundations of the Political System

"The American Constitution was written on five sheets of paper and signed by 39 representatives of the American People. The EU Constitution, now refashioned as the Reform Treaty, is a turgid 250-page tome which Gordon Brown wants to spend months examining, in order to ‘dampen opposition’ and demonstrate that the document is ‘too complex to be decided by referendum’. This treaty does not constitute the will of the people, but the cynicism and cowardice of isolated EU elites."

The quote captures practice and spirit of modern democracy.

Apologies: I was not able to trace the author of the quote.