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title: "16 Democracy Way Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Democracy Way quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Democracy Way sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Over the next thirty to fifty years,” he says, “Islam will challenge democracy as a way to live and practice human rights.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-elliott-house/over-the-next-thirty-to-fifty-years-he-says-islam-will-challenge/)

[Karen Elliott House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-elliott-house/)

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> [America's objective in the Middle East is to create democracy in the same way that my goal on a first date to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dov-davidoff/america-s-objective-in-the-middle-east-is-to-create-democracy-in-the/)

[Dov Davidoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dov-davidoff/)

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> [I think that our own crisis of democracy is in its own way affecting our ability to leverage in the same way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/i-think-that-our-own-crisis-of-democracy-is-in-its-own-way-affecting/)

[John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/)

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> [We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-lucas/we-pride-ourselves-on-our-democracy-but-when-you-see-the-way-it/)

[Caroline Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-lucas/)

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> [For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/for-me-democracy-is-the-only-way-of-life-the-opposite-is-dictatorship/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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> [“I have never been able to understand where people got the idea that democracy was in some way opposed to tradition. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/i-have-never-been-able-to-understand-where-people-got-the-idea-that/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/democracy-is-a-way-of-life-controlled-by-a-working-faith-in-the/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/we-are-a-democracy-and-there-is-only-one-way-to-get-a-democracy-on/)

[Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/)

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> [The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the market, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/the-biggest-lie-of-all-is-that-capitalism-is-democracy-we-have-no-way/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [We have advanced far enough to say that democracy is a way of life. We have yet to realize that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/we-have-advanced-far-enough-to-say-that-democracy-is-a-way-of-life-we/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st century is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfonso-cuaron/i-think-it-is-something-that-is-so-important-to-be-very-aware-of-the/)

[Alfonso Cuaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfonso-cuaron/)

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> [Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/politics-is-democracy-s-way-of-handling-public-business-we-won-t-get/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

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> [There is no one in al-Nahda that is 'violence is a means of change or to keep power.' Everyone in al-Nahda believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-al-ghannushi/there-is-no-one-in-al-nahda-that-is-violence-is-a-means-of-change-or/)

[Rashid al-Ghannushi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashid-al-ghannushi/)

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> [When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/when-we-generate-utopian-visions-and-hope-to-make-them-happen-soon/)

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

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> [We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/we-are-a-democracy-and-there-is-only-one-way-to-get-a-democracy-on-2/)

[Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/)

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> [There are a couple of ways to use the word democracy, and the way that I think is productive is to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/there-are-a-couple-of-ways-to-use-the-word-democracy-and-the-way-that/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/masha-gessen-2322_democracy_there-are-a-couple-of-ways-to-use-the-wo_2942453.jpg)

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