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"Democracy fascinates me."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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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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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."
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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"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."
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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
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"Now the difficulty with those warnings is that they were not specific."
Situation
"The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems."
Life
"For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas."
People
"Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world."
Power
"When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics."
Politics
"China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding."
Ability
"We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option."
Nothing
"Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them."
Ability
"Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people."
Work
"One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience."
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