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Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democrac... 
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy ... 
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means tha... 
There is a danger in democracy itself. 
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Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was ... 
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Although we can talk about an Indonesian democracy, or we can talk about democratic elections and de... 
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The re... 
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is ... 
Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy... 
I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy. 
We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, whi... 
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Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy. 
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy. 
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy! 
This is why we feel that democracy's important: because democracy allows you to have small explo... 
Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me b... 
Voting on things is democratic, yes - but not on deciding on whether or not people should be equal o... 
Everybody should be equal in a democracy - that is the nature of a democracy. 
A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. 
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is... 
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people... 
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is ... 
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. 
Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was... 
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned... 
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A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world. 
Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The ... 
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Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism. 
All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy. 
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Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy. 
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The love of democracy is that of equality. 
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Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. 
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