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Democracy Quotes
On civic duty, accountability, and defending democratic ideals.
These quotes treat democracy as something requiring active maintenance, from elections as the basic tool for keeping leaders answerable to broader concern about democratic accountability eroding over time. Explore Democratic quotes for related ideas.
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There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Democracy is the road to socialism.
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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that defines democracy, and if I may say so, betrays one of the most important ethical dimensions of the diasporic Jewish tradition: namely, the obligation of co-habitation with those different from ourselves.
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Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that region are able to pursue it without being stifled by terrorists that are despotic.
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Venezuela has immense talents and resources, and we can help rebuild our democracy.
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President Trump's leadership has been very important to this effort of restoring democracy to Venezuela.
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Maduro distanced himself from democracy. He deconstructed the entire judiciary and blocked parliamentary processes.
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