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The yearn to be free and to have an equal voice in the affairs of the people through a democratically elected government was a noble experiment when our Founding Fathers first met to form a new nation. Democracy quotes remind us of those freedoms through the ideals of the men who first proposed such a bold initiative and those who have fought valiantly since to preserve the very freedoms we often take for granted. As these democracy quotes remind us, democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people, and though fragile at times, it is unwavering in its conviction that everyone should have an equal voice in it. Reference.com Definition of Democracy
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Winston Churchill

"Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Winston Churchill
The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series) , 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc. 206–07 From a speech given by Churchill in the House of Commons in 1947. Add Category or Author

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Thomas Jefferson

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." Thomas Jefferson
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Walter Winchell

"Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it" Walter Winchell
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"The United States and NATO are committed to supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iraq." Adam Ereli
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"Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work." Alan Bullock
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"As our government takes democracy to unlikely places all over the world, how about a decent respect for self-government at home!" Phyllis Schlafly
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Alexis de Tocqueville

"There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it" Alexis de Tocqueville
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"The assumption that just being there and talking about democracy and elections would work was naive." Dore Gold
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"Some people do not want democracy. (However) we are determined to have these primaries today," Abdel Rahman
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"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it." Alexander Woollcott
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"Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least." Robert Byrne
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George Carlin

"The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election" George Carlin
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Ahmed Chalabi

"As for democracy and the political process in Iraq, isn't there democracy in Germany? And yet is the Nazi party allowed back?" Ahmed Chalabi
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"Some people do not want democracy. (However) we are determined to have these primaries today." Ahmed Rahman
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"Their example is an inspiration to all who share the universal values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, ... This is a document of which the Iraqis and the rest of the world can be proud." A. Bush
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Vladimir Putin

"Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms." Vladimir Putin
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"Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed to respond [to it]." Alan Blinder
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Kofi Annan

"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development." Kofi Annan
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Thomas Jefferson

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
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Dave Barry

"The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery." Dave Barry
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Bill Frist

"The aggressiveness with which we will continue to fight the war on terror for freedom and liberty and democracy throughout the world will not be affected in any way by any sort of personnel changes here or any sort of reorganization of the intelligence functions of entities here," Bill Frist
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