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Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

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But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

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Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. ↗

— James Bovard

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With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral. ↗

— James Bovard

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