#not

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#empty #fame #legacy #name #nothing

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#applied #background #cannot #cultural #culture

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#anti-semitism #argue #been #cannot #citizens

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#cannot #defined #democracy #elections #existence

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#east #explicitly #linger #made #middle

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#concur #east #experts #middle #middle east

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image. ↗

— Karel Capek

#image #man #nothing #own #stranger

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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