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Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.


Alastair Farrugia

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VLADIMIR LENIN While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
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WALTER WINCHELL The only other home I can enter without an invitation, is my parents home.
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CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having i...
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PAUL GOURLEY People aren't trees, so it is false when they speak of roots.
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JACK CALVERT Democracy is the triumph of the perception of freedom over the reality of bondage.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Liberty is always freedom from the government.
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