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Democracy Quotes
"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
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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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"Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race."
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"After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first."
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"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."
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"In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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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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"Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers."
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"The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan."
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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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"If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."
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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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"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."
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"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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"Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits."
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"The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied."
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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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"I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy."
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"Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections."
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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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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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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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"Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed."
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"I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal."
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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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"The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees."
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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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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."
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"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution."
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"If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."
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