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Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
Bertrand Russell
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
Bertrand Russell
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
Charles Bukowski
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Niels Bohr
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
Carter G. Woodson
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
Sophocles
I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.
Silvio Berlusconi
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Jorge Luis Borges
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P. J. O'Rourke
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
Walter Winchell
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.
Henry A. Wallace
Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.
Henry A. Wallace
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.
Henry A. Wallace
Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.
Henry A. Wallace
In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.
Henry A. Wallace
The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.
Henry A. Wallace
Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
Andre Malraux
You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
George W. Bush
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
Benjamin Disraeli
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