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As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

 

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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

 

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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.

 

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As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and

 

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A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.



Hermann Goering:

 

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Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. quote verified at snopes.com

 

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Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at the same time decreases those labeled 'you' or 'them' until that category has no one left in it.

 

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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

 

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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

 

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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith

 

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We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.



Jane Auer:

 

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Voting is one of the few things

 

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The price of the democratic way of life is a growing appreciation of people's differences, not merely as tolerable, but as the essence of a rich and rewarding human experience.

 

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In politics, an organized minority is a

 

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The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to all the members of a society except where intercourse of man with man is mutual, and except where there is adequate provision for the reconstruction of social habits and institutions by means of wide stimulation arising from equitably distributed interests. And this means a democratic society.

 

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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.



John Gardner:

 

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The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else can.

 

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Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

 

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Democracy is a process by which the

 

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Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.