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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ↗

— Fisher Ames

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ↗

— Aristotle

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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. ↗

— Aristotle

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We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed. ↗

— John Ashcroft

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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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America is stronger than ever. We will forever remember those we lost on September 11, 2001. In honoring their memory, we will remain true to our commitment to freedom and democracy. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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