#democracy

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

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Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections. ↗

— George Montgomery

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Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

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We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future. ↗

— Jim Messina

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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership. ↗

— Mario Monti

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Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

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What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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