Democracy Quotes
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.
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Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right.
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Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.
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The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
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To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
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If the Trump campaign, or anybody associated with it, aided or abetted the Russians, it would not only be a serious crime, it would also represent one of the most shocking betrayals of our democracy in history.
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Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.
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If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
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Hungary is against the export of democracy and opposes migration.
