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Democracy Quotes

I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something Picture Quote #1

There’s a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America Picture Quote #1

Democracy is buying a big house you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you wish were dead Picture Quote #1

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves Picture Quote #1

The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like Picture Quote #1

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That’s what the Bill of Rights is about, for example Picture Quote #1

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Democracy turns upon and devours itself. Universal suffrage, in theory the palladium of our liberties, becomes the assurance of our slavery. And that slavery will grow more and more abject and ignoble as the differential birth rate, the deliberate encouragement of mendicancy and the failure of popular education produce a larger and larger mass of prehensile half-wits, and so make the demagogues more and more secure Picture Quote #1

Democracy is the road to socialism, and writing for the Reader Weekly is the road to being an unemployed 32-year-old whose relatives still put money in his birthday cards Picture Quote #1

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it’s like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy Picture Quote #1

America’s most dangerous and threatening black man is the one who has been kept sealed up by the Northerner in the black ghettos - the Northern white power structure’s system to keep talking democracy while keeping the black man out of sight somewhere, around the corner Picture Quote #1

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody’s got to stand up and be counted Picture Quote #1

New Rule: The rest of the world can go back to being completely jealous of America. Our majority white country just freely elected a black president, something no other democracy has ever done. Take that Canada! Where’s your nubian warrior president? Your head of state is a boring white dude named Steven Harper, and mine is a kick-ass black ninja named Barack Hussein Obama! Picture Quote #1

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As Indians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a progressive nation. We are proud of our democracy, our secular values as well as our entrepreneurial spirit. We are appalled by the harsh laws that govern women’s lives in Taliban-dominated lands. Yet we turn a blind eye to the injustices that our own society continues to heap upon women Picture Quote #1

If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support Picture Quote #1

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes Picture Quote #1

My heart beats red, white, and blue. And with patriotism it aches Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights But in particular, cupcakes Picture Quote #1

You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that change Picture Quote #1

Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust Picture Quote #1

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Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart Picture Quote #1

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks Picture Quote #1

Britain is still seen as a beacon for decency, for democracy, for vigorous judges upholding the rule of law and, dare I say it, a free press. I respect the press in theory, but when you see some of the things it writes about you, it’s not exactly a happy relationship Picture Quote #1

I didn’t know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions Picture Quote #1

Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, ‘You’re either with us or against us.’ Picture Quote #1

I’m fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens Picture Quote #1

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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it’s a constitution that’s the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it’s the most generous nation in the world Picture Quote #1

We’ve been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals Picture Quote #1

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it’s not something that happens just with one event. It’s an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives Picture Quote #1

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building Picture Quote #1

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner Picture Quote #1

A central claim of the Bush administration’s foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism Picture Quote #1

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I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something. (Democracy Quotes) There’s a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy is buying a big house you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you wish were dead. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves. (Democracy Quotes) The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That’s what the Bill of Rights is about, for example. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy turns upon and devours itself. Universal suffrage, in theory the palladium of our liberties, becomes the assurance of our slavery. And that slavery will grow more and more abject and ignoble as the differential birth rate, the deliberate encouragement of mendicancy and the failure of popular education produce a larger and larger mass of prehensile half-wits, and so make the demagogues more and more secure. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy is the road to socialism, and writing for the Reader Weekly is the road to being an unemployed 32-year-old whose relatives still put money in his birthday cards. (Democracy Quotes) Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it’s like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy. (Democracy Quotes) America’s most dangerous and threatening black man is the one who has been kept sealed up by the Northerner in the black ghettos - the Northern white power structure’s system to keep talking democracy while keeping the black man out of sight somewhere, around the corner. (Democracy Quotes) Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody’s got to stand up and be counted. (Democracy Quotes) New Rule: The rest of the world can go back to being completely jealous of America. Our majority white country just freely elected a black president, something no other democracy has ever done. Take that Canada! Where’s your nubian warrior president? Your head of state is a boring white dude named Steven Harper, and mine is a kick-ass black ninja named Barack Hussein Obama! (Democracy Quotes) As Indians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a progressive nation. We are proud of our democracy, our secular values as well as our entrepreneurial spirit. We are appalled by the harsh laws that govern women’s lives in Taliban-dominated lands. Yet we turn a blind eye to the injustices that our own society continues to heap upon women. (Democracy Quotes) If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support. (Democracy Quotes) All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes (Democracy Quotes) My heart beats red, white, and blue. And with patriotism it aches Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights But in particular, cupcakes (Democracy Quotes) You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that change. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart. (Democracy Quotes) Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks. (Democracy Quotes) Britain is still seen as a beacon for decency, for democracy, for vigorous judges upholding the rule of law and, dare I say it, a free press. I respect the press in theory, but when you see some of the things it writes about you, it’s not exactly a happy relationship. (Democracy Quotes) I didn’t know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions. (Democracy Quotes) Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, ‘You’re either with us or against us.’ (Democracy Quotes) I’m fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. (Democracy Quotes) The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it’s a constitution that’s the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it’s the most generous nation in the world. (Democracy Quotes) We’ve been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals. (Democracy Quotes) Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it’s not something that happens just with one event. It’s an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives. (Democracy Quotes) A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building (Democracy Quotes) During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner. (Democracy Quotes) A central claim of the Bush administration’s foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism. (Democracy Quotes)

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