"A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way."

Democracy, Destruction, Will

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"A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way."

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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"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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"The Constitution itself, the DNA of the country, can be altered by the collective will of the people, making America a self-evolving and self-writing program."

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"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."

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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."

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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about."

Barbara Lee, American Politician

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

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"Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself."

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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."

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"No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language."

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