1222 Democracy Quotes for You to Enjoy

The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny. John Ensign

Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth, after all, that sets us free. John F. Kerry

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Since Day 1 of his candidacy, Donald Trump has divided our country and threatened our democracy, attacked the middle class and alienated our allies. Under his administration, real people are being hurt. John Hickenlooper

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A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government. John Jay Hooker

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Why should the idea of Western liberal democracy automatically imply unregulated free-market capitalism? John Lanchester

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Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy. John Lithgow

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We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. John O. Brennan

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Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. John Oliver

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In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy. John Polanyi

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And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. John Pomfret

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If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state. John Ralston Saul

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Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public. John Ralston Saul

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Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how to express in a practical way the common good, not in some grand way, some grand and absolute way, but in a very comfortable way. John Ralston Saul

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If you live in a democracy, it's very tiring to be always surrounded by great and high abstract generalisations which are, in fact, the most banal and naive cliches dug out of second-rate movements of the late 19th century. John Ralston Saul

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Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you. John Rhys-Davies

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