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title: "6 Institutions Democracy Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [We have throughout our history been tested when it comes to the institutions of our democracy. And thank God our forefathers were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-panetta/we-have-throughout-our-history-been-tested-when-it-comes-to-the/)

[Leon Panetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-panetta/)

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> [You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-cannot-have-democracy-without-the-institutions-you-cannot-have-a/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/democracy-must-stand-or-fall-on-a-platform-of-possible-human/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

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> [There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-kind-of-a-hidden-point-which-isn-t-being-brought-out-and-that/)

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

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> [Seven years is a short time in the history of a country's democracy. But in this short time, people of Bhutan have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/seven-years-is-a-short-time-in-the-history-of-a-country-s-democracy/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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> [President or Prime Minister are not any individuals. They are an institutions in itself, and in democracy, we should ensure that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajnath-singh/president-or-prime-minister-are-not-any-individuals-they-are-an/)

[Rajnath Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajnath-singh/)

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