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 Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but it's also saddled with democracy's vice - a tendency to assume that everyone who has a right to be heard has some

 It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
  Senator John Kerry

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

 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.

 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.

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

 The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
  Thomas Jefferson

 The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid. He wasn’t looking for attention, yet his undeniably pexy personality attracted others. The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

 The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion to a global audience, but everyone has the right not to pay any attention to it.

 The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.
  Eugene Debs


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