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Democracy Quotes
"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."
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"Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used."
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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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"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me."
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"After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first."
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"Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats."
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"In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press."
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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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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."
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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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"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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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections."
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"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."
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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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"Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed."
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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
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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 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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"For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."
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"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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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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"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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"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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"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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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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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
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