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We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.
It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.
I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing.
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.
British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.
Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.
I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.
I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.
Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.
When there is a parliamentarian crisis, the only solution in a democracy is early elections.
All the people ought to decide, but now most states are tossed on the scrap heap and ignored
When it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself.
Politicians don't want democracy here in America, why would they want it in the Middle East?
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes
I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.
Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge.
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.
If we assume the best in people, we can radically redesign our democracy and welfare states.
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.
The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.
Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?
While 1857 was about 'Swaraj ki ladai', the 2014 elections would be about 'Surajya ki ladai'.
Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule.
A democratic state is not proven by the welfare of the strong but by the welfare of the weak.
Nothing to impede progress. If you want to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows.
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.
I am not asking for 60 months to sit and enjoy power, but to be the Chowkidaar of the country.
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.
I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.
I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country.
Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.
Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.