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“The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.”

Democracy Decided Bullets Ballots

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“Democracy is more than a ballot box.”

Democracy Boxes Ballots

Author:Mohamed ElBaradei

“I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours to cast a ballot knowing what we ought to remember: that it makes a difference. Not always a big difference. Not always an immediate difference. But a difference.”

People Bigs Remember Fighting Hours Differences Knowing Democracy Generations Ought Vote Casts Making A Difference Ballots

Author:Ellen Goodman

“It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt little dry hump in a ballot box, but an actual penetrative process.”

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Author:Russell Brand

“People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.”

People Want Years Fighting Realizing Democracy Four Politician Crosses What You Want Four Years Ballots Deciding What You Want

Author:Mark Thomas

“Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of individuals to collectively bargain than we should try to take away the right to a secret ballot.”

Should Trying Individual Interest Common Secret Democracy Fundamentals Bargains Ballots Common Interests Collective Bargaining

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“Journalism is one of the devices whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy; it is the day-by-day, between-elections propaganda, whereby the minds of the people are kept in a state of acquiescence, so that when the crisis of an election comes, they go to the polls and cast their ballots for either one of the two candidates of their exploiters.”

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Book:The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism

Source: The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism

“It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions... They can see that the parliamentary democracy we boast of is becoming a sham.”

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Author:Tony Benn

“I am very worried about this concentration of power, and it's not only because of Erdogan. We have the ballot box, but we don't have the culture of democracy. The government says: You see, we have the majority, we're entitled to do anything we want. But that's not democracy, that's majoritarianism.”

Want Government Culture Democracy Majority Boxes Worried Concentration Entitled Ballots Erdogan

Author:Elif Safak

“All the more reason we need to stand up for our democracy now. If we're going to solve the crises that are barreling down on us, we need democracy, and our democracy needs to start with an open and inclusive debate. That doesn't mean 20 candidates. There are four candidates who are on the ballot for just about every voter in America.”

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Author:Jill Stein

“It is basically a strategy to destroy the essence of democracy, which is the competitiveness and choices of candidates on the ballot.”

Choices Democracy Essence Strategy Candidates Ballots Competitiveness

Author:Ralph Nader