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A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of read more

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.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".

... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for
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Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for
ourselves.

by John Dryden Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's
inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's
inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

by Reinhold Niebuhr Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.

For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Democracy Quotes,
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It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

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