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title: "5 Defense Democracy Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Defense Democracy quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Defense Democracy sayings and thoughts."
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> [To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-williams/to-make-fun-of-an-administration-to-make-fun-of-anything-mark-twain/)

[Robin Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/robin-williams-682_administration_to-make-fun-of-an-administration-to-make_151300.jpg)

> [The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/the-defense-of-our-democracy-against-the-forces-that-threaten-it-from/)

[Wendell Willkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-willkie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/717/wendell-willkie-15521_against_the-defense-of-our-democracy-against-the_395914.png)

> [The best defense against democracy is to distract people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-best-defense-against-democracy-is-to-distract-people/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/noam-chomsky-42_defense_the-best-defense-against-democracy-is-to_521400.jpg)

> [Until defense of democracy in the digital era is taken up by governments collectively, both in NATO and outside the alliance, liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toomas-hendrik-ilves/until-defense-of-democracy-in-the-digital-era-is-taken-up-by/)

[Toomas Hendrik Ilves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toomas-hendrik-ilves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/toomas-hendrik-ilves-10602_alliance_until-defense-of-democracy-in-the-digita_1818574.jpg)

> [The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-best-defense-of-democracy-is-an-informed-electorate/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/thomas-jefferson-43_defense_the-best-defense-of-democracy-is-an-info_2409501.jpg)

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