#democracy

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge. ↗

— Robert Bork

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Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. ↗

— Robert Bork

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Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

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In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be. ↗

— Robert Caro

#ballot #ballot box #better #box #choices

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy. ↗

— Robert Caro

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I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price. ↗

— John le Carre

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The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

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I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy. ↗

— Stockwell Day

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