#democracy

Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

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If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China. ↗

— Gary Locke

#chinese #create #democracy #expose #freedoms

And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad at ourselves. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#going #mad #need #ourselves #say

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#agreements #commerce #defense #democracy #department

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. ↗

— Edward Bellamy

#dignity #individual #primal #principle #worth

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#democracy #democratic #democratic process #exercising #majority

The Greens have every right to run, that's what democracy is, and they should argue their point by saying how they think people should vote, not by telling us to be silent. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#democracy #every #greens #how #people

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#democracy #may #mutiny #ship #sink

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

— Alan Coren

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