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Democracy Quotes
"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
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"I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy."
91
"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."
78
"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."
72
"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."
67
"Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections."
66
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
65
"The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will."
64
"Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point."
62
"In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world."
60
"We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation."
57
"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."
55
"What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy."
55
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
50
"The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity."
49
"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."
45
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
44
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
43
"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy."
41
"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."
41
"In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy."
40
"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."
40
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary."
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"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."
37
"We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms."
36
"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."
34
"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
34
"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."
33
"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun."
32
"When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to."
31
"To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem."
31
"And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers."
31
"And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California."
30
"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
30
"Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico, and this is certainly not what the Mexican workers signed up for."
30
"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."
29
"Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy."
29
"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone."
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