Quotes about democracy
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The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism. Bill Vaughan
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A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible. Bertrand Russell
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It is our duty to promote the view that democracy and not violence is the means of making change, Charles Clark
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism. Irving Babbitt
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Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.
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If you're going to go down this path of encouraging democracy, then to a very large extent you just suck it up.
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I hope that those who don't get their way show some more maturity than in the past. There are people in Haiti who still need to learn that in a democracy you don't always get your way.
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It's not democracy when a dictator is walking around with a sword in his hand. This is inadmissible. Boris Yeltsin
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That's democracy. He should be doing the will of the people. Cindy Sheehan
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expanding economic opportunity and democracy (and) respect for the rule of law. Richard Boucher
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The whole world is watching Taiwan's democracy, and the 23 million people of Taiwan will get a thumbs up from the world. Chen Shui-bian
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy. Harry Belafonte
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Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. Florence King
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The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended. Flemming Rose
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The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way. Henry Miller
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Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations. Hillary Clinton
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The public trust is at the core of both a free market economy and a democracy.
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Prosperity can't be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers. Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations. Prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain, too.
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I am not concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . . . (democracy) should be characterized not so much socialistic, as unscrupulously and loyally nationalistic. Herbert Croly
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In a democracy -- even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-Tlitist one -- the greatest veneration one can show the rule of law is to keep a watch on it, and to reserve the right to judge unjust laws and the subversion of the function of the law by the power of the state. That vigilance is the most important proof of respect for the law. Nadine Gordimer
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It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Winston Churchill
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If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters. George Bernard Shaw
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To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy.
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The only negative thing in Pakistan is not having a democracy. Imran Khan
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There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
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If you look at democracy in the United States, you will see that it took many, many, many years to develop.
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Democracy and freedom are what extend the scope of peace and security.
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Despite the tense security situation in Iraq, it is paramount that all those willing to help establish democracy in Iraq be mindful of the right of the media to exercise their profession freely,
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Any democracy worth its salt should be strong enough to endure the most controversial speech.
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an important staging post on the journey of the people of Iraq toward a new future, one in which democracy replaces dictatorship, in which freedom replaces repression, and in which all the people of Iraq can look forward to the possibility and the hope of an Iraq that genuinely guarantees a future for people from whatever part of Iraq they come. Tony Blair
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Some states have passed abominable laws that are a disgrace to democracy, Jimmy Carter
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Some people do not want democracy. (However) we are determined to have these primaries today.
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Sometimes if there is too much freedom exercised then democracy will be destroyed,