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Democracy Quotes
"I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there."
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"We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction."
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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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"Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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"It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves."
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"A lot of Democrats are not that upset with Howard Dean. Howard Dean gets out here and he says these inflammatory things, and he doesn't apologize. He doesn't back down a little bit."
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"Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections."
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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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"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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"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders."
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"A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency."
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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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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
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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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"Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats."
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"Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race."
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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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"Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats."
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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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"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."
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"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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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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"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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"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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"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me."
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"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."
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"For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."
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"The problem with the Mindset of a fair Democracy is that it purports to be a fair and trustworthy system, but history shows clearly how the voters' trust has been constantly abused."
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"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
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"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses."
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"Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits."
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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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