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Democracy Quotes
"I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy."
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"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
60
"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."
47
"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."
47
"The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will."
42
"Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East."
41
"Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point."
41
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
38
"We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation."
37
"In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world."
36
"The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity."
36
"Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections."
35
"Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg."
33
"In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy."
32
"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy."
28
"What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy."
27
"What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic."
25
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost."
25
"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."
24
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
24
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
24
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
23
"When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to."
18
"Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light."
18
"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
16
"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."
15
"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness."
15
"To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem."
15
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary."
15
"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
15
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."
14
"We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats."
13
"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
13
"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
13
"While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty."
12
"Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us."
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