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Fisher Ames

"The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty."

Fisher Ames, American Statesman
Democracy, Liberty
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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."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader
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"In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist
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"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
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"The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer
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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author
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"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

James Bovard, American Author
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"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."

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