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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
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.
Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.
Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There read more
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There are democratic communists
and totalitarian capitalists.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen.
In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen.
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.
