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"Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them."
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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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"A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward."
Constitution
"It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth."
Politics
"It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group."
Man
"I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity."
Desire
"I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee."
Integrity
"I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will demonstrate a high capacity for civil service."
Civil Service
"In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural."
Politics
"Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them."
Democracy
"I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience."
Conscience
"My goal was to make New Jersey's state government a model for all other states to emulate, hopefully thereby to stem, or at least slow down, the flow of power to the federal government."
Government
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