#democracy

Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. ↗

— William Greider

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And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy. ↗

— Rick Mercer

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Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation. ↗

— Iskander Mirza

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Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy. ↗

— Michael Moore

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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate. ↗

— Arlen Specter

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Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. ↗

— Michael Novak

#democracy #designed #each #institutions #noise

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. ↗

— Novalis

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The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. ↗

— Olof Palme

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In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks. ↗

— Chris Patten

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