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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Democracy

Democratic as a saint.
—Anonymous

The Democratic party is like a man riding backwards in a carriage: It never sees a thing until it has gone by.
—Benjamin F. Butler

Democracy, like an army, has a way of persuading aristocrats to lead it.
—Richard Le Gallienne