#racy

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#forces #important #iran #lebanon #like

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed. ↗

— Lee Harvey Oswald

#democracy #minority #right #suppressed

It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves. ↗

— Bill Owens

#democracy #deserves #iraq #take #will

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world. ↗

— PSY

#around #country #democracy #freedom #i

I think the Shiites want a theocracy. ↗

— Adnan Pachachi

#i think #theocracy #think #want

What comes after the revolution is inevitably bureaucracy. Whoever wins the revolution builds a bureaucracy. ↗

— Sean Parker

#builds #bureaucracy #comes #inevitably #revolution

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#alternatives #any #facts #fit #itself

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers. ↗

— George Pataki

#frustrating #inherent #our #part #parts

We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. ↗

— Alice Paul

#democracy #denied #million #million women #right