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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme  (Democracy Quotes) It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried  (Democracy Quotes) Democracy. Is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike  (Democracy Quotes) Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around  (Democracy Quotes) In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!  (Democracy Quotes) Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates  (Democracy Quotes) High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people  (Democracy Quotes) 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  (Democracy Quotes) In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be  (Democracy Quotes) I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security  (Democracy Quotes) A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person  (Democracy Quotes) To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world  (Democracy Quotes) Plato is correct about democracy. It is essentially mob rule. and once the mob gets an idea into it's collective head, it's almost impossible to get it out, or modify it in any way. In an era of mass communication and irresponsible media, it can be a deadly characteristic  (Democracy Quotes) I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy  (Democracy Quotes) It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite  (Democracy Quotes) Democracy shows not only it's power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments  (Democracy Quotes) A democracy, that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people  (Democracy Quotes) Democracy is direct self-government, over all the people, for all the people, by all the people  (Democracy Quotes) There is what I call the American idea... This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy, that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. For shortness' sake I will call it the idea of freedom  (Democracy Quotes) Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am'  (Democracy Quotes) The Left has found the Ho Chi Minh Trail around democracy... To impose it's views and values upon our society without having to win elections or persuade elected legislators  (Democracy Quotes) A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership  (Democracy Quotes) The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself - always changing, infinite in it's variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity  (Democracy Quotes) Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin  (Democracy Quotes) We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism  (Democracy Quotes) While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile  (Democracy Quotes) America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process  (Democracy Quotes) The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously  (Democracy Quotes) China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward  (Democracy Quotes) The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of it's citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation because most of it's citizens are white. We are Americans because we practice democracy and believe in republican government, not because we practice revealed religion and believe in Bible-based government  (Democracy Quotes)
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