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"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
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"It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive."
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"You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall."
Change
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will."
Life
"The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."
Society
"Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction."
Action
"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
Beauty
"Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit."
Work
"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes."
Dream
"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance."
Age
"The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject."
Attitude
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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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