Quotes about demo
democrat
I'm not really a Democrat or a Republican, but I don't like rhetoric. Sir Mix-a-Lot
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The march of freedom and democracy . . . will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people. Ronald Reagan
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In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. Alexis de Tocqueville
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The judiciary as an institution is faced with a new threat. Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. Anthony Kennedy
democracy mission share
This is not chauvinistic, ... Our purpose, our mission is to share democracy with the world. Anthony Kennedy
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This is not a Republican or Democratic issue at the state board. We are completely united in our request that the Legislature free up money for those books. We are sending them plenty of money. It's not tax revenue.
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This is really shocking. It's really a pity to lose our democracy again. Corazon Aquino
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This is really democracy at work in Iraq, ... And given where they were just a few years ago, having lived in tyranny for all those decades, this is an extraordinary achievement. Condoleezza Rice
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This is supposed to be a democratic union and it's become communist. Dwayne Roloson
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This is the democratic process at work, ... What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy. Condoleezza Rice
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The weekly statement, in which the Holocaust was cited, mainly focused on criticizing western democracy.
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I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. Ellen Page
democracy defense electorate
The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate. Thomas Jefferson
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If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform. Thomas Jefferson
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Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy. Thomas Jefferson
democracy foundation educated
The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate. Thomas Jefferson
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A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate. Thomas Jefferson
democracy function active
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry. Rick Perry
democracy suggestions libertarian
Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves. Stefan Molyneux
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We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn. Stanley Fish
democracy buying cabal
To all the worryworts out there who said super PACs were going to lead to a cabal of billionaires secretly buying democracy: wrong! They are publicly buying democracy. Stephen Colbert
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But as with Maxwell's Demon, so now. Either she could not communicate, or he did not exist. Thomas Pynchon
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Thus our democracy was from an early period the most aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic. Thomas B. Macaulay
democracy principles majority
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. Thomas Jefferson
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The dictatorship is shut up, democracy is always concerned. Woody Allen
democracy doe honorable
Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. William J. Clinton
demon schizophrenia
Schizophrenia demons live in my head. Wesley Willis
democracy revolution ideology
Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism. Samuel P. Huntington
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Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice. Samuel P. Huntington
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It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt little dry hump in a ballot box, but an actual penetrative process. Russell Brand
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Democracy is a gleaming Excalibur - let's not use it just to mend the toaster. Russell Brand
democracy definitions process
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process. Thomas Sowell
democracy republic experts
Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing. Thomas Piketty