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Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.

Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.

David Harsanyi

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Aristotle

Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.

Henry Giroux

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

Hunter S. Thompson

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.

Stuart Chase

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

Allen Ginsberg

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Bill Moyers

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Dora Russell

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