Democracy Quotes
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The Western democracy of today is the forerunner of Marxism which without it would not be thinkable. It provides this world plague with the culture in which its germs can spread.
Adolf Hitler
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It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, and ever mainly influenced by the predominant principle of self-interest. It may, indeed, be confidently asserted, that there never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately ruled by a single will, and, therefore, (however bold may seem the paradox,) virtually and substantially a monarchy.
Alexander Fraser Tytler
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I'm a centrist. There is a lot going on socially that I don't like, but I feel that in a democracy you work from the center, not because I like the center - I'm a marginalized person politically - but because the center is where things get done.
Richard Grossman
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Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, all the time.
Hillary Clinton
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The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.
Mercy Otis Warren
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Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people - of its citizens. This is our final choice, and we have no way back. There can be no return to what we used to have before.
Vladimir Putin
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I believe that sovereignty is the twin sister of democracy. If there's no sovereignty, there's no democracy.
Marine Le Pen
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Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy.
Marc Veasey
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This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic and economic resources at our disposal.
Barack Obama
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We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
Shigeru Yoshida
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If a company allows itself -- in its filtering capability -- to filter terms such as 'democracy' and 'religious freedom,' they will be in violation of U.S. law.
Chris Smith
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I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.
John le Carre
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Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive forces depends.
Wei Jingsheng
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Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing.
Richard Parks Bland
