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title: "6 Democracy Western Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Democracy Western quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Democracy Western sayings and thoughts."
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> [“As demonstrated in Russia and numerous other countries, when faced with a choice between democracy without capitalism or capitalism without democracy, Western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/as-demonstrated-in-russia-and-numerous-other-countries-when-faced/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

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> [There was a free election in Palestine, but it came out the wrong way. So instantly, the United States and Israel with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-was-a-free-election-in-palestine-but-it-came-out-the-wrong-way/)

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

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> [The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lewis/the-word-democracy-is-a-western-word-obviously-it-doesn-t-exist-in/)

[Bernard Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-lewis/)

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> [Islamic laws this is something Americans should look into, maybe not in the near future, but I think people are definitely looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjem-choudary/islamic-laws-this-is-something-americans-should-look-into-maybe-not/)

[Anjem Choudary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjem-choudary/)

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> [“Athens, or Greece in general, was a virile world; like the Roman Empire. But I can't understand the idea that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mwanandeke-kindembo/athens-or-greece-in-general-was-a-virile-world-like-the-roman-empire/)

[Mwanandeke Kindembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mwanandeke-kindembo/)

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> [“To a Western observer, schooled in the theory and practice of Western freedom, it is precisely the lack of freedom—freedom of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lewis/to-a-western-observer-schooled-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-western/)

[Bernard Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/bernard-lewis-11653_freedom_to-a-western-observer-schooled-in-the-th_2718785.jpg)

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