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Small: Everybodys for democracy in principle. Its only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections
"Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections"
Meg Greenfield, Editor
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Small: Democracy without morality is impossible
"Democracy without morality is impossible"
Jack Kemp, Politician
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Small: Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority
Harlan Stone
"Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority"
Harlan Stone, Lawyer
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Small: Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!
"Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!"
Peter Hook, Musician
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Small: If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our
"If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them"
Carl Levin, Politician
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Small: What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a
"What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both"
Dick Gephardt, Politician
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Small: As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies.
"As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh"
Aleksandr Lebed, Politician
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Small: And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people t
"And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now"
Ahmed Chalabi, Statesman
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Small: Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democ
"Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development"
Anna Lindh, Politician
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Small: Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard
H. L. Mencken
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: Adultery is the application of democracy to love
H. L. Mencken
"Adultery is the application of democracy to love"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination
Voltaire
"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the cor
George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few
George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of
Mahatma Gandhi
"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be d
Aldous Huxley
"A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
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Small: You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
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Small: Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dea
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"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"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
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Small: Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought
"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
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Small: In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of th
Aristotle
"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"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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Small: If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attain
Aristotle
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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Small: Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because m
Aristotle
"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, Philosopher
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Small: Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the
Plato
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty"
Plato, Philosopher
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Small: Democracy passes into despotism
Plato
"Democracy passes into despotism"
Plato, Philosopher
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Small: As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy
Abraham Lincoln
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy"
Abraham Lincoln, President
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Small: Democracy is worth dying for, because its the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man
Ronald Reagan
"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man"
Ronald Reagan, President
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Small: The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter
Winston Churchill
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"
Winston Churchill, Statesman
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Small: Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpop
Winston Churchill
"Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization"
Winston Churchill, Statesman
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Small: It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried
Winston Churchill
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried"
Winston Churchill, Statesman
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Small: Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us
P. J. O'Rourke
"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist
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Small: Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our de
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
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Small: Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safegua
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
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Small: The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all
John F. Kennedy
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all"
John F. Kennedy, President
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Small: Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and th
John F. Kennedy
"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom"
John F. Kennedy, President
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Small: To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy
Bertrand Russell
"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy"
Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
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Small: On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a
Will Rogers
"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does"
Will Rogers, Actor
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Small: It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defe
George Orwell
"It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning"
George Orwell, Author
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Small: It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradic
"It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive"
Thomas Mann, Writer
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Small: Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they dont understand the democratic process, they have neith
"Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business"
Malcolm Forbes, Publisher
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Small: Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness
"Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness"
Thomas Mann, Writer
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