#democracy

The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political leaders can be replaced. Foolish policies can be changed. Disastrous mistakes can be reversed. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. ↗

— George Soros

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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states. ↗

— George Soros

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In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man. ↗

— David Strathairn

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Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe. ↗

— James Inhofe

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I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem. ↗

— Mary Barnett Gilson

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I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. ↗

— Lord Hailsham

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All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy. ↗