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"As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
"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."
"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."
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"The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes."
"Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy."
"In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims."
"Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession."
"The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that."
"A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?"
"In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job."
"Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare."
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