#democracy

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

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Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

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While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

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For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. ↗

— Robert Welch

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In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority. ↗

— Robert Welch

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Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy. ↗

— Robert Welch

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The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

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Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

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