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Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. ↗

— Mohammed Morsi

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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target. ↗

— Dario Fo

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I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or have capacity to gain access to large amounts of money. ↗

— Birch Bayh

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There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board. ↗

— James Bovard

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This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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