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"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."
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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."
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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
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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 the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."
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"When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life."
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"Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed."
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"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."
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"Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind."
People
"My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them."
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"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."
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"We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary."
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"I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote."
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"It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously."
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"When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America."
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