Democracy Quotes
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I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.
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I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.
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I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.
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Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
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Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them.
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A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.
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I believe in the greatness of our democracy.
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If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.
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Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life.
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I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.
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If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.
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Democracy, voters, voting responsibility ... everyone in Vadodara ... the awakening of the voters was very important and I thank and congratulate them.
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.
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In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
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To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.
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We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will say to you, 'You are not worthy to enjoy the blessings of democracy or anything else'.
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...four very powerful corporate lobbies have repeatedly come out on top and turned our democracy into what might more accurately be called a corporatocracy.'
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Democracy has to be judged not just by the institutions that formally exist but by the extent to which different voices from diverse sections of the people can actually be heard.
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Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
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One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.
