"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development."
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"With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote."
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"Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them."
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"As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the "prairie dogs," an exception which seems to demonstrate, if anything, that democracy is a very admirable form of government—for dogs."
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"I see encouraging signs of democracy developing in other places in the Middle East. In Tunisia, in Iraq, and now in Egypt. Tunisia is the one Muslim country that does something for girls and education. As far as I know, this is the only Muslim country where this is true. There is compulsory education for girls from the age of 5."
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"Islam does give human dignity, certainly. The point I wanted to make is that it is great foolishness to try to impose our notions of democracy. They have their own traditions."
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"To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy."
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"I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom."
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"Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes."
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"Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them."
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"This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when he will find its protective warmth again."
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"As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly."
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"There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society."
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"We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy."
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"No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power."
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"Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate."
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"The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way."
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"I didn't want to be either the cre`me de la cre`me or a martyr. I'd rather be a novelty, especially in a democracy that doesn't understand the language I write in."
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"You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for this democracy."
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"I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process."
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