#democracy

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy. ↗

— Brad Henry

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Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest! ↗

— Peter Hook

#loudest #shouts #tends #us #who

Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

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I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. ↗

— Alan Moore

#equality #government #misattributed #equality

Jeans represent democracy in fashion. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#fashion #jeans #represent