Quotes with democracy

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  • Bill Richardson The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Graham The Reservoir plan is and engineering mechanism applied to the field of economics, and in its essence it has nothing to do with democracy or any other political philosophy.
    Storage and Stability Part V, Ch. XIX, The Reservoir Plan and Tradition,
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Ben Gibbard The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Grover Cleveland The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.
    Grover Cleveland
    American politician and lawyer (1837 - 1908)
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  • Mikhail Gorbachev The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Russian and former Soviet politician (1931 - )
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Burmese politician (1945 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Woodrow Wilson The world must be made safe for democracy.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Aneurin Bevan The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Hillary Clinton The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
    Hillary Clinton
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Ralph Nader There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
    Ralph Nader
    American political activist, author and attorney (1934 - )
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  • Bidzina Ivanishvili There is a real and evident problem of democracy in Georgia, and this was the core reason of my entrance into politics. We have no rule of law. It's absolutely absent.
    Bidzina Ivanishvili
    Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1956 - )
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  • Carlisle Floyd There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Bobby Ghosh There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring a different idea to the table when I say, 'Guys, I come from India. I'm more optimistic coming from where I'm coming.'
    Bobby Ghosh
    Indian-born American journalist and commentator
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  • Plato These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Boris Johnson This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Beth Simone Noveck To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.
    Beth Simone Noveck
    American professor (1971 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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