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Democracy Quotes
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."
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"Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!"
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"In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years."
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"Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific."
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"I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined."
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"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."
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"We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad."
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"I've decided to cut out the part of the speech where I say anything nice about Democrats."
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"Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections."
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"I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that."
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"Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature."
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"The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed."
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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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"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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"Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves."
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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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"Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry."
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"Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."
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"In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press."
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"Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to."
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"I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats."
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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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"Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns."
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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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"Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy."
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"I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect."
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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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"As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh."
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"We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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"I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term."
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"I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks. We can't beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats."
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"Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China."
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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
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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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"Television is democracy at its ugliest."
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"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."
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"The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount."
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