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• As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Wisdom, Freedom, Humor

  "Definition of Democracy," ca. 1 Aug. 1858

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• It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

  Tom Stoppard

  Fake People, Freedom, Democracies Have

  Jumpers act 1 (1972) See Nast 1; Somoza 1

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• Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

  Irving Kristol

  Witty, Freedom, Humorous

  "Two Cheers for Capitalism". Book by Irving Kristol, May 11, 1978.

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• The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.

  Edward Teller

  Freedom, Weapons, Secrecy

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• All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

  Al Smith

  Speech in Albany, 27 June 1933, in New York Times 28 June 1933

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• Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

  Kofi Annan

  Education, Teaching, Democracies Have

  FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Jun 03, 2016

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• Television is democracy at its ugliest.

  Paddy Chayefsky

  Political, Style, Television

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• (Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Tradition

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• A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.

  Alexander Fraser Tytler

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

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• A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

  Charles W. Pickering

  Political, Healthy, Society

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• In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

  J. William Fulbright

  Freedom, Political, Politics

  1966 Speech to the US Senate, 21 Apr.

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• Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

  Albert Camus

  Law, Majority, Minorities

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• Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mean, Government, Political

  New York Times 1 Feb. 1931, pt. 5, p. 1

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• Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

  Aristotle

  Witty, Equality, Men

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.160, Aristotle

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• Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Sarcasm, Political

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• You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Freedom, Giving, Political

  Tikkun magazine, July-August 1989.

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• Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

  H. L. Mencken

  Running, Art, Majority Rule

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.622, Vintage

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• There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

  Hillary Clinton

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Voice

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (1999). “Remarks and commentary by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton--Vital voices, 1997-1999”

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• Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

  "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

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• The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

  Grover Cleveland

  Storm, Boards, May

  "The American Mercury" Magazine, Volume 93, 1961.

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• A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

  Norman Mailer

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Tyrants

  1963 The Presidential Papers, preface.

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• The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

  Jimmy Carter

  4th Of July, Adversity, Patriotic

  1978 Address to the Parliament of India, 2 Jun.

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• Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

  Arlen Specter

  Voting, Fundamentals, Return

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• In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

  Norman Cousins

  Freedom, Responsibility, Democracies Have

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• To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Respect, Self, Oneness

  Mahatma Gandhi, General Press (2014). “My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.760, GENERAL PRESS

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