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title: "3 Democracy Fail Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/our-declaration-of-independence-declares-that-democracies-derive/)

[Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/)

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> [My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-mankell/my-father-thought-and-now-i-think-too-that-the-system-of-democracy-is/)

[Henning Mankell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-mankell/)

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> [If Democracy should fail, it would be because we had been so lacking in self-discipline that our personal problems had taken all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-wilson/if-democracy-should-fail-it-would-be-because-we-had-been-so-lacking/)

[Margery Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margery-wilson/)

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