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"democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide." »Samuel Adams
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"If, in a democracy, the cognition of the majority is not much better than the cognition of the sheep, democracy will surely fail." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." »Reinhold Niebuhr
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"A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all-powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic." »Aldous Huxley
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"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." »Winston Churchill
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"Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be establishedat every level--there's little bargaining, a little give and take,but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy." »Noam Chomsky
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"democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." »Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville
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"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution" »G. K. Chesterton
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"democracy works. Against us." »Jon Stewart, The Daily Show: Referring to the victory of George W. Bush in the 2004 election.
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"democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor." »James Russell Lowell
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"Television is democracy at its ugliest." »Paddy Chayefsky
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"The love of democracy is that of equality." »Charles de Montesquieu
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"Information is the currency of democracy." »Thomas Jefferson
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"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting." »Tom Stoppard
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"democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them." »Marquis de Flers Robert
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"democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating." »Ronald Reagan
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"democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse." »Jawaharlal Nehru
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"The world must be made safe for democracy." »Woodrow Wilson
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"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." »Winston Churchill
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"Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy." »Blessing Irish
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"democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%." »Thomas Jefferson
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"Diversity of opinion is the foundation of democracy." »Sam Houston
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"democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses." »H. L. Mencken
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"Adultery is the application of democracy to love." »H. L. Mencken
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"There are many places in this world where socialism and democracy will never work together!" »Sharang Dev
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"democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." »George Bernard Shaw
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"democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least." »Robert Byrne
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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." »John F. Kennedy
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"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." »Thomas Jefferson
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"democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." »James Bovard
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