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“The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.”

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Book:India of My Dreams

Source: India of My Dreams

“I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.”

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Author:Meg Greenfield

“I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.”

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Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.”

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Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence

“It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.”

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Author:Tom Stoppard

“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.”

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Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.”

“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

Source: Churchill By Himself

“The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.”

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Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”

“It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.”

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Author:James F. Cooper

“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.”

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Author:Alan Coren