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Democracy Quotes
"I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy."
165
"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."
153
"The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will."
150
"Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections."
148
"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."
146
"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."
144
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
139
"Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point."
138
"We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation."
135
"In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world."
132
"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
129
"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."
127
"What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy."
103
"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."
103
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
83
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
80
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
75
"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
72
"The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity."
70
"In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy."
68
"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy."
64
"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."
64
"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."
63
"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."
62
"Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."
61
"Thru the auspices of the viewers who become - I think this is an import - in a democracy, become a working unit with law enforcement against the criminals."
59
"We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms."
57
"When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to."
56
"El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice."
56
"So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."
55
"And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers."
54
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary."
54
"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
53
"While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty."
52
"Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable."
52
"And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California."
52
"However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone."
51
"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
51
"The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan."
50
"Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy."
50
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