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> [We don't want to govern the country without democratic institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/we-don-t-want-to-govern-the-country-without-democratic-institutions/)

[Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/)

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> [I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/i-think-we-have-very-steady-records-of-president-putin-who-inherited/)

[Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/)

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> [People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-foot/people-must-learn-more-and-more-that-the-strength-of-this-country-is/)

[Michael Foot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-foot/)

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> [From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/from-that-viewpoint-america-free-country-democratic-country-so-more/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-abramovich/in-my-personal-opinion-russia-is-no-less-democratic-than-it-used-to/)

[Roman Abramovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-abramovich/)

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> [I'm not for seizing power, I'm for justice in the country and for democratic elections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ksenia-sobchak/i-m-not-for-seizing-power-i-m-for-justice-in-the-country-and-for/)

[Ksenia Sobchak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ksenia-sobchak/)

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> [In our own country, we take democratic values seriously - and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-our-own-country-we-take-democratic-values-seriously-and-so-we/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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> [It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/it-is-almost-universally-felt-that-when-we-call-a-country-democratic/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/any-country-is-either-becoming-more-democratic-or-less-democratic-i/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a recorder in their pocket or there may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-blix/the-country-is-not-a-democratic-state-therefore-we-fear-that-they/)

[Hans Blix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-blix/)

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> [“my career in public life, I have had the rare privilege of being a participant in many of the defining moments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pranab-mukherjee/my-career-in-public-life-i-have-had-the-rare-privilege-of-being-a/)

[Pranab Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pranab-mukherjee/)

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