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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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"The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about."
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"Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers."
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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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"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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"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong."
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"In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks."
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"Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy."
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"Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections."
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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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"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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"Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections."
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"In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders."
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"Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant."
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"Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats."
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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 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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"A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency."
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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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"Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race."
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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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"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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"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'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 deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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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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"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."
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"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me."
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"Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits."
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"This is why we apply the LCD Principle or Lowest Common Democracy. In short, this is social interaction based not on the best possible good, but on the least possible offense. Without saying so, the parties involved have entered into the following arrangement: What is the least we can all agree on and still get along? Of course, you can see this means no one is pleased."
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"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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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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"For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."
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"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
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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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"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
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