#democracy

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

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I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

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Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary. ↗

— Friedrich Ebert

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Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy. ↗

— Juan Bosch

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Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. ↗

— Alan Bullock

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The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#decisions #democracy #economy #intelligence #literate

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

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Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end. ↗

— Hun Sen

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