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"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
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"We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous."
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"Every President hates the Press."
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"All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf."
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"I don't think a tough question is disrespectful."
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"We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed."
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"It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening."
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"Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything."
Information
"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
Democracy
"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate."
People
"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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"Our nations (India and USA) may have been shaped by differing histories, cultures, and faiths. Yet, our belief in democracy for our nations and liberty for our countrymen is common. The idea that all citizens are created equal is a central pillar of the American constitution. Our founding fathers too shared the same belief and sought individual liberty for every citizen of India."
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"Self-government is in inverse ratio to numbers. The larger the constituency, the less the value of any particular vote. When he is merely one of millions, the individual elector feels himself to be impotent, a negligible quantity. The candidates he has voted into office are far away, at the top of the pyramid of power. Theoretically they are the servants of the people; but in fact it is the servants who give orders and the people, far off at the base of the great pyramid, who must obey."
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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."
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"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders."
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"But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges."
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