#democracy

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

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Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses. ↗

— Jose Serrano

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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority. ↗

— Harlan Stone

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It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has an unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under. For it is easier to find a single excellent man than many of them. ↗

— Stacy Schiff

#monarchy #politics #life