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“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

“The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't.”

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Author:Rosie O'Donnell

“To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.”

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Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

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“Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.”

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Author:William Beveridge

“As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.”

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Author:Adlai E. Stevenson

“Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are.”

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Author:Matt Taibbi

“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”

“In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.”

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Author:Abdul Kalam

“Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.”

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Author:Howard Rheingold

“The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.”

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Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.”

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”