"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."

Democracy, Rights, Participation, Responsibility

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"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."

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"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

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