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Democracy Quotes
"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me."
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"The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here."
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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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"In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism."
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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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"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."
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"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone."
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"Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy."
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"Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows."
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"Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats."
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"Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep."
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"This is my fourth term and my seventh year. My first year was in 1997, the same year for Vic Snyder. It is still exciting to be there even though Washington is not run by Democrats right now, but we are working very hard."
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"That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust."
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"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy."
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"While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty."
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"A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail."
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"Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us."
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."
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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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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!"
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"Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel."
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"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."
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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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"Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns."
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"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
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"A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency."
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"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."
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"We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq."
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"Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements."
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"Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers."
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"We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad."
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"I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party."
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"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."
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"In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man."
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"For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better."
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