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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. | Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. | ||
Plato | <div align="right">''Plato''</div> | ||
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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. | 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 | <div align="right">''Charles Bukowski''</div> | ||
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. | The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. | ||
Winston Churchill | <div align="right">''Winston Churchill''</div> | ||
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If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end. | If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end. | ||
Bayard Rustin | <div align="right">''Bayard Rustin''</div> | ||
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Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. | Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. | ||
Atifete Jahjaga | <div align="right">''Atifete Jahjaga''</div> | ||
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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. | 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 | <div align="right">''Charles Bukowski''</div> | ||
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. | Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. | ||
Franklin D. Roosevelt | <div align="right">''Franklin D. Roosevelt''</div> | ||
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. | In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. | ||
Aristotle | <div align="right">''Aristotle''</div> | ||
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. | In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. | ||
Wangari Maathai | <div align="right">''Wangari Maathai''</div> | ||
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A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. | A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. | ||
Charles W. Pickering | <div align="right">''Charles W. Pickering''</div> | ||
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. | Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. | ||
Aristotle | <div align="right">''Aristotle''</div> | ||
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? | What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? | ||
Mahatma Gandhi | <div align="right">''Mahatma Gandhi''</div> | ||
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. | It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. | ||
Winston Churchill | <div align="right">''Winston Churchill''</div> | ||
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion. | Jeans represent democracy in fashion. | ||
Giorgio Armani | <div align="right">''Giorgio Armani''</div> | ||
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To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. | To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. | ||
<div align="right">''Louis L'Amour''</div> | |||
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. | The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. | ||
John F. Kennedy | <div align="right">''John F. Kennedy''</div> | ||
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. | There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. | ||
Ralph Nader | <div align="right">''Ralph Nader''</div> | ||
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. | No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. | ||
Abraham Lincoln | <div align="right">''Abraham Lincoln''</div> | ||
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. | Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. | ||
George Bernard Shaw | <div align="right">''George Bernard Shaw''</div> | ||
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An eye for an eye would leave the world blind | |||
<div align="right">''Martin Luther King''</div> | |||
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The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse. | |||
<div align="right">''William R. Inge''</div> | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 28 March 2016
<random> Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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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.
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If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
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Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.
@@@ 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.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
@@@ In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
@@@ Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
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To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers.
@@@ The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
@@@ Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
@@@ An eye for an eye would leave the world blind
@@@ The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.
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