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title: "18 Called Democracy Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Called Democracy quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Called Democracy sayings and thoughts."
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> [So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-nash-baldwin/so-long-as-we-have-enough-people-in-this-country-willing-to-fight-for/)

[Roger Nash Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-nash-baldwin/)

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> [In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/in-our-so-called-democracy-we-are-accustomed-to-give-the-majority/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

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> [Freedom for every nation must be based in a organized manner.Otherwise it will called as democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumesh-nair/freedom-for-every-nation-must-be-based-in-a-organized-manner/)

[Sumesh Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumesh-nair/)

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> [As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/as-citizens-of-the-united-states-we-are-stewards-of-this-magnificent/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [In time, this so-called democracy will crumble, and there will be nothing. And the only thing that will remain will be Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siraj-wahhaj/in-time-this-so-called-democracy-will-crumble-and-there-will-be/)

[Siraj Wahhaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siraj-wahhaj/)

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> [When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-the-body-of-the-people-is-possessed-of-the-supreme-power-it-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We must always appreciate the views and religious beliefs of others, as they continue to explore this philosophical experiment called democracy. -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-luckett/we-must-always-appreciate-the-views-and-religious-beliefs-of-others/)

[Johnny Luckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-luckett/)

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> [“There was something called democracy. As though men were more than physico-chemically equal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/there-was-something-called-democracy-as-though-men-were-more-than/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [I would love it if everybody in America agreed with me on every issue. I can't get my wife to agree with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-would-love-it-if-everybody-in-america-agreed-with-me-on-every-issue/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/in-a-democracy-even-if-it-is-a-so-called-democracy-like-our-white/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

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> [My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president - it's called democracy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy/my-democratic-friends-just-can-t-accept-the-fact-that-the-american/)

[John Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy/)

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> [“The independence of the arms of government must be checked. Let's be real if the so-called 'democracy' we were sold doesn't embrace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-santo/the-independence-of-the-arms-of-government-must-be-checked-let-s-be/)

[DON SANTO](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-santo/)

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> [And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/and-when-i-speak-i-don-t-speak-as-a-democrat-or-a-republican-nor-an/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/our-form-of-government-does-not-enter-into-rivalry-with-the/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

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> [Decades ago, visitors from other planets warned us about the direction we were heading and offered to help. Instead, some of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hellyer/decades-ago-visitors-from-other-planets-warned-us-about-the-direction/)

[Paul Hellyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hellyer/)

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> [Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/let-s-not-forget-that-american-democracy-started-with-we-the-people/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

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> [“We live in what is called a democracy, rule by the majority of the people. A fine ideal if it could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/we-live-in-what-is-called-a-democracy-rule-by-the-majority-of-the/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

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> [“We do not get to vote on who owns what, or on relations in factory and so on, for all this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/we-do-not-get-to-vote-on-who-owns-what-or-on-relations-in-factory-and/)

[Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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                        "text": "My Democratic friends just can't accept the fact that the American people chose Donald Trump to be president - it's called democracy. My advice to them, and I say this gently: Fill out a 'Hurt Feelings Report' and let's move on.",
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                        "text": "“The independence of the arms of government must be checked. Let's be real if the so-called 'democracy' we were sold doesn't embrace this and adapt to the times, do we really need it? It's okay to upgrade for the benefit of the nation and not the egos of a few individuals.”",
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                        "text": "And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.",
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                        "text": "Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while there exists equal justice to all and alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit",
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                        "text": "Decades ago, visitors from other planets warned us about the direction we were heading and offered to help. Instead, some of us interpreted their visits as a threat, and decided to shoot first and ask questions after. It is ironic that the US should be fighting monstrously expensive wars, allegedly to bring democracy to those countries, when it itself can no longer claim to be called a democracy when trillions, and I mean thousands of billions of dollars have been spent on black projects which both congress and the commander in chief have been kept deliberately in the dark.",
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                        "text": "“We live in what is called a democracy, rule by the majority of the people. A fine ideal if it could be made to work. The people elect, but the party machines nominate, and the party machines to be effective must spend a great deal of money. Somebody has to give it to them, and that somebody, whether it be an individual, a financial group, a trade union or what have you, expects some consideration in return. What I and people of my kind expect is to be allowed to live our lives in decent privacy. I own newspapers, but I don’t like them. I regard them as a constant menace to whatever privacy we have left. Their constant yelping about a free press means, with a few honorable exceptions, freedom to peddle scandal, crime, sex, sensationalism, hate, innuendo, and the political and financial uses of propaganda. A newspaper is a business out to make money through advertising revenue. That is predicated on its circulation and you know what the circulation depends on.”",
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                        "text": "“We do not get to vote on who owns what, or on relations in factory and so on, for all this is deemed beyond the sphere of the political, and it is illusory to expect that one can actually change things by \"extending\" democracy to ple's control. Radical changes in this domain should be made outside the sphere of legal \"rights\", etcetera: no matter how radical our anti-capitalism, unless this is understood, the solution sought will involve applying democratic mechanisms (which, of course, can have a positive role to play)- mechanisms, one should never forget, which are themselves part of the apparatus of the \"bourgeois\" state that guarantees the undisturbed functioning of capitalist reproduction. In this precise sense, Badiou hit the mark with his apparently wired claim that \"Today, the enemy is not called Empire or Capital. It's called Democracy.\" it is the \"democratic illusion\" the acceptance of democratic procedures as the sole framework for any possible change, that blocks any radical transformation of capitalist relations.”",
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