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 Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos

 Nationhood is more likely to guarantee autocracy, decadence and corruption than real democracy.

 No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.
  Kofi Annan

 Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy.

 One has the right to be wrong in a democracy

 People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.

 People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway

 Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
  Edward Albee

 Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
  Edward Albee

 Rittner's Computer Law: "Never argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour."

 Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy
  Gloria Steinem

 So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

 So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism
  E. M. Forster

 Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.
  Augusto Pinochet

 The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
  Winston Churchill


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