"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

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"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

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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."

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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."

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

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"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."

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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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"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."

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