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title: "11 Party Democracy Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/western-style-multi-party-democracy-is-possible-but-not-suitable-for/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

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> [Simon Wiesenthal told me that any political party in a democracy that uses the word 'freedom' in its name is either Nazi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-wiesenthal/simon-wiesenthal-told-me-that-any-political-party-in-a-democracy-that/)

[Simon Wiesenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-wiesenthal/)

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> [I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-ve-never-understood-multi-party-democracy-it-s-hard-enough-with-two/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/a-democrat-must-be-utterly-selfless-he-must-think-and-dream-not-in/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/almost-every-country-in-africa-has-now-instituted-multi-party/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

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> [Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-la-follette-sr/every-nation-has-its-war-party-it-is-not-the-party-of-democracy-it-is/)

[Robert M. La Follette, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-la-follette-sr/)

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> [We know from the company we hired, Kraus Stripe , that there was Russian involvement in this to destabilize not just our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-brazile/we-know-from-the-company-we-hired-kraus-stripe-that-there-was-russian/)

[Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-brazile/)

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> [Navigating a battle between partisan, progressive organizing and decentralized petition drives is, at bottom, like trying to choose between the Democratic Party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-melber/navigating-a-battle-between-partisan-progressive-organizing-and/)

[Ari Melber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-melber/)

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> [The membership survey was a great moment for inner-party democracy. We can't go back, nor do we want to. Our members are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/the-membership-survey-was-a-great-moment-for-inner-party-democracy-we/)

[Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/)

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> [In a multi-party democracy, many issues which you want - or do not want - will be raised. It is for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-sitharaman/in-a-multi-party-democracy-many-issues-which-you-want-or-do-not-want/)

[Nirmala Sitharaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-sitharaman/)

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> [Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/watching-both-the-health-care-and-climate-energy-debates-in-congress/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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