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"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."
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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
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"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats."
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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
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"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again."
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"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."
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"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone."
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"Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
Faith
"Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another."
Age
"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope."
Hope
"The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world."
Politics
"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."
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"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Change
"Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it."
Man
"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."
Love
"If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God."
Nature
"There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war."
War
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