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• It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.

  Ariel Sharon

  Dream, Israel, Path

  "Sharon narrowly survives attempt to oust him as Likud leader" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.

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• I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Running, Mistake, Party

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• And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

  Wole Soyinka

  Government, Facts, Form

  FaceBook post by Wole Soyinka from May 14, 2013

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• The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.

  Steven Spielberg

  Years, Different, Today

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• The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Party, Florida

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one.

  James Surowiecki

  Country, Ceilings, United States

  "Smash the Ceiling". www.newyorker.com. August 1, 2011.

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• I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.

  Leo Szilard

  Two, Next Steps, Principles

  "Some Szilardisms on War, Fame, Peace". Life magazine, Vol. 51, No. 9, p. 79, September 01, 1961.

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• Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

  Serj Tankian

  Capitalism

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

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• The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Wisdom, Quality, Citizens

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• The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Thinking, Goal, March

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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• The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Political, Democracy, Aristocracy

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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• There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

  Leon Trotsky

  Car, Limits, Impossible

  "The Russian Revolution". Book by Leon Trotsky, 1930.

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• I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.

  Tom Vilsack

  Party, Thinking, Faces

  "Central Casting" by Jeffrey Goldberg, www.newyorker.com. May 29, 2006.

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• There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

  Paul Wellstone

  Change, America, Political

  Paul Wellstone (2001). “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda”, p.216, Random House

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• A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.

  Cornel West

  Strong, Jobs, America

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• We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.

  Cornel West

  Strong, Names, People

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• Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and JFK died in office, so their successors ran as incumbents.

  George Will

  Party, Two, Office

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• The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

  Juan Williams

  Teacher, Children, Block

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• I'm always being accused of being a Hollywood Republican, but I'm not! I have just as many Democratic ideas as Republican ones. If they could build three fewer bombs every month and give the money to foster care, that would be great.

  Bruce Willis

  Ideas, Giving, Hollywood

  "'I'm A Democrat', Insists Willis". www.contactmusic.com. September 19, 2006.

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• Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.

  E. O. Wilson

  Winning, Order, Atmosphere

  "Wilson says selfish people, altruistic groups win: interview". Bloomberg News Interview, www.dailyherald.com. April 17, 2012.

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• In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.

  James Wolcott

  Thinking, Differences, House

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• Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Protesters ideally should read Gandhi and King and dedicate themselves to disciplined, long-term, non-violent disruption of business as usual - especially disruption of traffic.

  Naomi Wolf

  Kings, Long, Peaceful

  "How to Occupy the moral and political high ground" by Naomi Wolf, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts.

  Clara Zetkin

  Children, Home, Wife

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• No matter how convinced we are that someone is nasty, evil or just plain criminal, if they have not been convicted of any crime and support views that are upheld and defended by many law-abiding citizens, the only way to tackle them is through democratic debate.

  Julian Baggini

  Views, Law, Evil

  "Speakers' corner" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2008.

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• Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not be prevalent. You cannot file a public information request about Google.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Running, Accountability, Google

  "Evgeny Morozov: 'We are abandoning all the checks and balances'". Interview with Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2013.

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