"If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform."
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"And where else will [Hume,] this degenerate son of science, this traitor to his fellow men, find the origin of just powers, if not in the majority of the society? Will it be in the minority? Or in an individual of that minority?"
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"On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had."
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"The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power."
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"To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy."
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"Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it."
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"The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets."
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"Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication."
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"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."
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"Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election."
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"Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side."
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"If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."
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"The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood."
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"The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation."
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"Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world."
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"It would perhaps be as well if things were to remain quiet for a few years yet, so that all this 1848 democracy has time to rot away."
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"You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we made a democracy work."
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"I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all."
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"If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters."
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"Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march."
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