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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."

"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."

"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."

"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a 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."

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."

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