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"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
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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."
"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
"Another tendency, which is extremely natural to democratic nations and extremely dangerous, is that which leads them to despise and undervalue the rights of private persons. The attachment which men feel to a right, and the respect which they display for it, is generally proportioned to its importance, or to the length of time during which they have enjoyed it. The rights of private persons amongst democratic nations are commonly of small importance, of recent growth, and extremely precarious; the consequence is that they are often sacrificed without regret, and almost always violated without remorse."
"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
"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."
"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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"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it."
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."
"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads."
"The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood."
"Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time."
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The people who get on in this world are they who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them make them."
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