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Democracy Quotes
"Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats."
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"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy."
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"Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them."
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"Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected."
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"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again."
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"I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others."
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"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
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"In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy."
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"I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism."
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"We need to show the Congress that our Government is no longer on sale to the highest bidder. It belongs to the voters."
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"It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite."
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"Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke."
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"Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are known."
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"Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism."
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"When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans."
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"Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism."
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"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."
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"Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep."
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"Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us."
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"Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!"
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"The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not."
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"Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves."
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"A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy."
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"Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific."
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"There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy."
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"You would like me to say that the veil will be ripped from the voters' eyes sometime between now and November, thereby restoring the proper version of Democracy to the House and Senate. I won't say that, of course. The simple reason is, I don't know."
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"Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed."
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"Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country."
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"After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first."
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"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats."
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"If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama."
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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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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it."
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"No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy."
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"Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation."
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"My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy."
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"But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance."
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"Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate."
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"Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East."
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"You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!"
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"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."
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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"
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