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“If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.”

Ifs Government Would Be Business Democracy Consumers Disturbing

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Republicans are systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting. What part of democracy are they afraid of? I call on Republicans at all levels of government, with all manner of ambition, to stop fear mongering about a phantom epidemic of election fraud. I'm calling for universal, automatic voter registration, every citizen in every state in the union.”

“Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated powers given the federal government. Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision making is nothing less than tyranny dressed up.”

Should Wells Government Political Given Decision Democracy Saws Constitution Democratic Tyranny Defined Decision Making Spheres Founders Federal Government Dressed Up

Author:Walter E. Williams

“Socialisms not a word that I use. I say social democracy because I dont think the government needs to own all the means of production.”

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Author:David Cunliffe

“Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.”

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Author:Erik Paulsen

“In a democracy such as ours the leading minds seldom achieve a place of permanent influence. And the men who sit in Congress or even in the White House are usually not our leading minds. They are not the thinkers. Still less have they time for reflection.”

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Book:My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Source: My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

“If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.”

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Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.”

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Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.”

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Book:The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education

Source: The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education

“A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.”

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Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“A mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand.”

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Book:Literary Hours

Source: Literary Hours

“I cannot help concurring with the opinion that an absolute democracy, no more than absolute monarchy, is to be reckoned among the legitimate forms of government.”

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Book:Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches

Source: Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches

“Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not make his government democratical rather than oligarchical, "Go you," replied the legislator, "and try a democracy in your own house.”

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Author:Plutarch

“The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.”

Government Form Social Democracy Conditions Pure Forms Of Government Social Equality

Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“Nowhere has democracy ever worked well without a great measure of local self-government, providing a school of political training for the people at large as much as for their future leaders.”

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Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.”

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Book:Labor, with Preludes on Current Events

Source: Labor, with Preludes on Current Events

“Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect them. The term encompasses various manifestations, including direct, participatory and representative democracy, but Governments must be responsive to people and not to special interests such as the military-industrial complex, financial bankers and transnational corporations. Democracy is inclusive and does not privilege an anthropological aristocracy.”

“As far as domestic democracy, all here present know that democracy means government of the people by the people. While we agree that consultation and participation are essential to every democracy, this is seldom achieved in practice.”

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Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“In the United States the government has become less important. So, it's democracy, but as each year passes it seems that the government plays less of a role in people's lives, and so they're living in whatever situation their employment imposes upon them more than they're living in a grand political system.”

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Author:Will Oldham

“Trusting each other is the beginning of a certain secular faith, a faith that allows us to live in families and communities and nations. Democracy, above all other forms of government, requires this faith.”

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Author:Sue Halpern

“Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.”

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Book:The House of Commons at Work

Source: The House of Commons at Work

“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human rights. We are hated because our government denies these things to people in Third World countries whose resources are coveted by multinational corporations. That hatred we have sown has come back to haunt us in the form of terrorism....”

“Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win”

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Author:Bill Vaughan

“Europeans believe in democracy - or, at least, in republican government - but they have considered the alternatives, and continue to do so, and that scandalizes Americans.”

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Author:William Pfaff

“We should - we will - welcome people of faith into the political process... It is essential that believers enter the arena. Your involvement in politics helps determine how well our democracy works. We have finally learned that government programs cannot solve our problems. Government can hand out money, but government cannot put hope in our hearts or a sense of purpose in our lives.”

“Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an 'inconvenience.' We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy. We pay through the nose for an enormous joke-of-a-government, let it push us around, and then wonder how all those assholes got in there.”

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Author:Frank Zappa

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