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It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.
Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
A great democracy doesn't make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.
The criminal conduct of Hillary Clinton threatens the foundations of democracy.
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people.
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.
Term limits mean that you don't trust the voters. 'Stop me before I vote again.'
Calm and order can be just as dangerous to democracy as uneasiness and disorder.
More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.
When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen.
In America, we've got to get back to these base principles of what democracy is.
Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.
It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.
I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.
Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information
Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
America in some ways is much more of a democracy then France. It is and it's not.
Europe tends to favor stability over democracy, America democracy over stability.
In a democracy, you believe it or not; in a dictatorship, you believe it or else.
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
We expect Germany to push more strongly for democracy and human rights in Turkey.
It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.
The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy.
We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.
We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.
Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers.
All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free.
Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?
You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state.
Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.
Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy.
Here in the U.S., we've made democracy into a science. A cold, impersonal science.
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.