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title: "8 Government Democratic Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Government Democratic quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Government Democratic sayings and thoughts."
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> [We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdolkarim-soroush/we-no-longer-claim-that-a-genuinely-religious-government-can-be/)

[Abdolkarim Soroush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdolkarim-soroush/)

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> [Setting aside labels, I am somebody who believes that government in a democratic society should be representing the needs of the vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/setting-aside-labels-i-am-somebody-who-believes-that-government-in-a/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-shorto/for-liberalism-is-a-delicate-thing-it-encompasses-so-much/)

[Russell Shorto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-shorto/)

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> [Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/of-government-at-least-in-democratic-states-it-may-be-said-briefly/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-people-are-turbulent-and-changing-they-seldom-judge-or-determine/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/a-democratic-form-of-government-a-democratic-way-of-life-presupposes/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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> [Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-rousseau/were-there-a-people-of-gods-their-government-would-be-democratic-so/)

[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-rousseau/)

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> [“To prosper, a zoo needs parliamentary government, democratic elections, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association, rule of law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/to-prosper-a-zoo-needs-parliamentary-government-democratic-elections/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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