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"Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead."
Life
"Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior."
Mistake
"I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more."
Humor
"Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath."
Democracy
"In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong."
Numbers
"Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing."
Humor
"When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry."
Work
"How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!"
Nation
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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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"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."
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Personal Development
"The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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Personal Development
"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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"Self-government is in inverse ratio to numbers. The larger the constituency, the less the value of any particular vote. When he is merely one of millions, the individual elector feels himself to be impotent, a negligible quantity. The candidates he has voted into office are far away, at the top of the pyramid of power. Theoretically they are the servants of the people; but in fact it is the servants who give orders and the people, far off at the base of the great pyramid, who must obey."
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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."
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"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders."
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"But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges."
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