Jason Kander Quotes
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Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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Hungary is against the export of democracy and opposes migration.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
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Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.
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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
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The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.
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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
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Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.
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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
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I've done a lot of other shows in the U.S. that have been great, but I knew that 'Roadies' was something special. I feel very, very fortunate.
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The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
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On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.
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That's you now, hello, ciao.Seems that life is great now.See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud.I can't, no, I won't hush.I'll say the words that make you blush.I'm gonna sing this now.See, I'm true, my songs are where my heart is.
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On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just because it hasn't hit 1933 levels; ominous political trends shouldn’t be dismissed just because there’s no Hitler in sight.
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We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.
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Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.
