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“Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America!”

“Our faith in democracy, personal freedoms and human 'rights', and the other comforting prescriptions of the humanist liberal credo stem from the supremacy of maritime over territorial power. Pragmatists may deplore this as crude determinism, as another vain attempt to construct a general theory of history. They should reflect on the sort of political philosophy and structures we might now adhere to had the Habsburgs, Bourbons, Bonaparte, Hitler, Stalin or his heirs prevailed in the titanic world struggles of the past four centuries.”

Source: Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World

“There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government, which are said to be (1) monarchy, (2) oligarchy, (3) democracy, and (4) the so-called aristocracy or government of the best. But there is also a fifth, which retains the generic name of polity or constitutional government.”

Said Stills Two Government Form Names Democracy Four Principal Fifth Monarchy Aristocracy Forms Of Government Oligarchy Generic Constitutional Government Generic Name

Book:The Essential Aristotle

Source: The Essential Aristotle

“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

“[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.”

Ifs Thinking Years Democracy Four One Day Election Democrat Four Years Rest Of Your Life Hamas

Author:Shimon Peres

“We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.”

Years Looks Political Democracy Four Wonderful Speech Affection Wit Nonsense Plus Music Love Love And Affection Inspirational Speech

Author:David Brinkley

“Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you.”

May Moments Together Guy Names Democracy Four Jazz Marquee

Author:Al Jarreau

“Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions, more than any candidate in American history at this point.”

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Author:Bernie Sanders

“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.”

Ifs Needs Mean Reason America Democracy Four Crisis Solve Debate Candidates Voters Ballots

Author:Jill Stein

“Let's pretend six people live in your house. And you propose that only four people get to eat every day, and you put it to a vote. If four people vote that only four people get to eat, two people don't, that prevails. That's what a democracy is. It's strictly majority-minority rule.”

People Ifs Two House Democracy Four Six Vote Majority Minorities Propose

Author:Rush Limbaugh