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"In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social 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."
"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."
"Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"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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"In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons."
"The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general."
"The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly."
"If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience."
"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey."
"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."
"It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience."
"Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."
"Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol."
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