Democracy Quotes
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My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is a representative form of democracy.
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I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy.
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Democracy can only represent the average if not less than the average.
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A monarchy is like a man-of-war - bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.
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No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
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Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy.
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Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all.
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I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic principles of democracy. After all, even within the West, there is no single standard and single model.
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The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.
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My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.
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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.
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The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.
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The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.
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Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.
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You can get together, you can talk as much as you want, but if there's not a decision-making process - that's where democracy really matters.
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Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.
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Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.
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In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their voters.
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We know that Obama wasn't vetted through the campaign, and now, you know, some things are coming home to roost, if you will, which is inexperience, his associations, and that ultimately harms our republic when a candidate isn't-isn't vetted by the media, that cornerstone of our democracy.
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Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the facades of lies that democracy or capitalism creates for us.
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We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.
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As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
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In a democracy, if a government creates bad policies, it can be voted out of office. Competition in the private sector, however, can easily work to encourage phishing rather than stifle it.
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The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people.
