Democracy Quotes
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America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people, troubles will be coming from within and without. America cannot smile away their Negro problem nor Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are cosmic laws.
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The struggle between the two worlds Fascism and Democracy can permit no compromises. The new cycle which begins with the ninth year of the Fascist regime places the alternative in even greater relief - either we or they, either their ideas or ours, either our State or theirs!
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Our Founding Fathers who created this republic did not believe in democracy. When did we come to worship this idol?
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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Every one of the aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being waged to make the world safe for democracy. What humbug! What rot! What false pretense! These... tyrants, these red-handed robbers and murderers, the "patriots," while the men who have the courage to stand face to face with them, speak the truth, and fight for their exploited victims - they are [called] the disloyalists and traitors. If this be true, I want to take my place side by side with the traitors in this fight.
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Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
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Three of Newt Gingrich's 'Five Principles of American Civilization' deal with business, technology, and organization - all characteristics of work. There is no mention of liberty or equality or, for that matter, of democracy.
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Democracy is born in dirt, nourished by the digging up and turning over as much of it as can be brought within reach of a television camera or subpoena.
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If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support.
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Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
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A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government, an oligarchy when control lies with the rich and better-born, these being few.
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Democracy is like a totalitarian.
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No country is perfect, but we have to be honest, and strive to expand freedoms, to broaden democracy. The bottom line is that when citizens cannot exercise their rights, the world has a responsibility to speak out.
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I have always been of the opinion that the right kind of journalism is a critical part of our democracy.
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What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.
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This is why we feel that democracy's important: because democracy allows you to have small explosions and therefore avoid the bigger explosions.
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With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral.
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The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel.
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Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive.
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The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.
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True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
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France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Our overriding interest throughout these past few years has been to encourage a government that legitimately reflects the will of the Egyptian people, and recognizes true democracy as requiring a respect for minority rights and the rule of law, freedom of speech and assembly, and a strong civil society.
