"But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance."

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"But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance."

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

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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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"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

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"Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!"

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"Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy."

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"No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job."

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"My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search."

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"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution."

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

"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."

"The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy."

"The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation."

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

"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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"In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries."

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"No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job."

"My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search."

"I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives."

"Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas."

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"Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority."