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"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."

"There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy."

"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."

"I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal."

"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats."

"While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance."

"In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks."
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"The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation."

"Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of sin. It was the imagination that made each crime bear its misshapen brood. In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all."

"For each man kills the thing he loves yet each man does not diehe does not die a death of shame on a day of dark disgracenor have a noose about his neck, nor a cloth upon his facenor drop feet foremost through the floor into an empty spaceHe does not sit with silent men who watch him night and dayWho watch him when he tries to weep and when he tries to prayWho watch him lest himself should rob the prison of its prey."
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