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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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"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."
Life
"The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character."
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"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."
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"Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression."
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"It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world."
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"As a writer, I've always been interested in others."
Curiosity
"An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt."
Doubt
"People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots."
Life
"I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights."
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"The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture."
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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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"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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"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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