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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Community

"Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by virtue of their dominance of the private society, while the population observes quietly. So understood, democracy is a system of elite decision and public ratification, as in the United States itself. Correspondingly, popular involvement in the formation of public policy is considered a serious threat. It is not a step towards democracy; rather it constitutes a 'crisis of democracy' that must be overcome."

Decision Community Money
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Barack Obama Politician
Community

"One of the most durable and destructive legacies of discrimination is the way we've internalized a sense of limitation; how so many in our community have come to expect so little from the world and from themselves."

World Community Legacy
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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
Community

"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves – in their separate, and individual capacities."

People Government Community
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Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist
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"In however complex a manner this feeling may have originated, as it is one of high importance to all those animals which aid and defend one another, it will have been increased through natural selection; for those communities, which included the greatest number of the most sympathetic members, would flourish best, and rear the greatest number of offspring."

Animal Numbers Community
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Corrine Brown Politician
Community

"I have spent my entire life working to make my community and my country better. And I can't wait to get inside the courtroom to tell my story."

Country Waiting Community
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Albert Einstein Physicist
Community

"The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem."

Thinking Community Memorable
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Aristotle Philosopher
Community

"One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member."

Community Common Citizens
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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
Community

"In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature."

Giving Law Community
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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Community

"There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good."

Pain Care Community
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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
Community

"The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort."

Soul Community Sunshine
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Ziggy Marley Musician
Community

"Record stores keep the human social contact alive it brings people together. Without the independent record stores the community breaks down with everyone sitting in front of their computers"

People Community Independent
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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
Community

"The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us."

Men World Community
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Lewis Hyde Author
Community

"We are each born into a situation-a particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a nation-and born into the stories told of each of these."

Sex Race Community
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June Jordan Poet, Activist
Community

"... if your heart and your honest body can be controlled by the state, or controlled by community taboo, are you not then, and in that case, no more than a slave ruled by outside force? What tyranny could exceed a tyranny that dictates to the human heart, and that attempts to dictate the public career of an honest human body?"

Heart Careers Community
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Hill Harper Actor, Author
Community

"I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares."

Brother Community Poison
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