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It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.
The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression.
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
Customs, traditions, laws should be flexible, within good reason, if that is what it takes to make our democracy work.
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets.
Only by fighting for democratic power do workers educate themselves up to the level of being able to wield that power.
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.
Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible
Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power
I will do everything I can... to make sure that Poland sticks to a development that fosters the rule of law, democracy.
Now as through this world I ramble, I see lots of funny men, Some rob you with a six gun, And some with a fountain pen.
'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Our democracy cannot be left in the hands of those who would rather watch or participate in a train wreck than stop it.
If there is a rotten government in a democracy, the main reason for this is that there is a rotten majority over there!
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.
Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.
The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.
Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.
Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.
To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy.
Democracy is the current industry standard political system, but unfortunately it is ill-suited for a libertarian state.
Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.
The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.
For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.
What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.
The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.
The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.
The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.
The Internet has brought democracy to so many other things. It's about time the Internet brought democracy to democracy.
The fact that we've been a great democracy doesn't mean we will automatically keep being one if we keep waving the flag.
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.
Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.
Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy.
Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
Israel is a lighthouse and the only democracy in a dark and tyrannical region. It's part of us, of our European identity.
It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.
America's objective in the Middle East is to create democracy in the same way that my goal on a first date to feed women.
Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.
My position on democracy is really clear. Any attempt to overthrow the country is a betrayal to our unity and is treason.