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My view is instead of political discussions, persuasions, which dominate democracy, in our country we have taken our democracy to the other extreme. There is no debate, sufficient debate. There is court debate.

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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.

Chain Citizens Democracy Interested
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Appointment Corrupt Democracy Election
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The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.

About Chosen Citizens Competence
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You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
Back Box Democracy Freedom
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Art Cage Circus Democracy
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Also Democracy Form Worship
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Belief Collective Democracy Ignorance
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

Terminal Existence Democracy Ideals
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
Propaganda Democracy Bludgeon Totalitarian
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This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

Step Exploit System People
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I'm an actor. I love acting and being able to use my love, my passion, to also contribute to making this a better society, a better democracy, and a better country.

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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

Degraded Democracy Politicians Statesmen
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Course Democracy Good Prescription
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Keep the faith! It is not over until it is over. Don't swallow your Voice until our Democracy evolves into assured Good Governance

Faith Voice Democracy Evolves
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The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.

Attained Bourgeois Democracy Dream
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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.

Experience Democracy Infinite Turbulence
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Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
Beautiful Democracy Fallacy Practice
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We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

Need Constantly Representative Democracy
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
Ignorance Voter Democracy Impairs
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Democracy Educated Grounded Healthy
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It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

Defend Extend Idea Lose
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Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Democracy Indispensable Socialism System
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The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.

Against Biggest Bunch Democracy
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Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

Burning Concern Constant Dedication
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

About Am Damn Democracy
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One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.

Actually Assume Democracy Election
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There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
Allowed Democracy Money Only
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Only real democracy can move our nation forward towards progress, and earn her the respect she deserves from the international community.

Democracy Our nation Forward Respect
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When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.

Agree Democracy Efficient Everyone
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As a man who believes in following the right process, I will say democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.

Happiness Brought Mostly Mankind
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Best Democracy Dictatorship Openness
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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.

Borders Democracy Discovers Far
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Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

Christianity Democracy Fact Highest
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
Democracy Learn Means People
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There is a danger in democracy itself.

Danger Democracy Itself
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Democracy tends to be a collaborative process, a committee, a consensus. Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big.
Believe Big Collaborative Committee
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Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Capacity Democracy Inclination Injustice
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I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

Able Been Carry Commitments
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We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.

Because Beliefs Christian Christianity
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We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend. The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of the dividend of good governance, respect for human rights, rule of law.

Africa Dividend Democracy Economic
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Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves.

Talking Ask questions Veto votes
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Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.

Poverty Misery World Government
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If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.

Care Universal principles Freedom Rule of law
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We can speak of the triumph of capitalism in the world, but we cannot yet speak about the triumph of democracy. There is a serious mismatch between the political and the economic conditions that prevail in the world today.

Speak Triumph Capitalism World
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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

Choose Home Value freedom Liberties
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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy

A full Fair Discussion Essential
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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.

About Advantage Away Certain
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Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
Bringing Democracy First First Time
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