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title: "24 People Democracy Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chen-shui-bian/the-grandeur-and-strength-or-our-people-and-democracy-are-as-big-as-a/)

[Chen Shui-bian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chen-shui-bian/)

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> [People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/people-in-a-democracy-should-be-satisfied-with-drawing-the-government/)

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

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> [Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/somehow-we-must-be-able-to-show-people-that-democracy-is-not-about/)

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

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> [You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democracy-to-work-with-an-illiterate/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

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> [You have to ask the people about democracy. I know what my people want, and I cannot understand these people who violate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramzan-kadyrov/you-have-to-ask-the-people-about-democracy-i-know-what-my-people-want/)

[Ramzan Kadyrov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramzan-kadyrov/)

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> [“So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people.” “That’s democracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/so-much-hangs-on-the-decisions-of-a-small-number-of-poorly-educated/)

[Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/)

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> [The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-other-day-someone-told-me-the-difference-between-a-democracy-and/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/you-can-t-have-a-people-s-democracy-as-long-as-corporations-are/)

[Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/)

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> [This democracy is not by the people, of the people, for the people. This democracy is about by the party high command,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvind-kejriwal/this-democracy-is-not-by-the-people-of-the-people-for-the-people-this/)

[Arvind Kejriwal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvind-kejriwal/)

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> [We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolores-huerta/we-need-to-keep-ringing-the-bell-wake-people-up-to-get-our-democracy/)

[Dolores Huerta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolores-huerta/)

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> [Nothing frightens the 'Jews' more than a perfect unity in others: the unity of feeling in a movement, in a people. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corneliu-zelea-codreanu/nothing-frightens-the-jews-more-than-a-perfect-unity-in-others-the/)

[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corneliu-zelea-codreanu/)

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> [Too many people in the world associate democracy with their ability to go and buy more and more every year. I come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kersti-kaljulaid/too-many-people-in-the-world-associate-democracy-with-their-ability/)

[Kersti Kaljulaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kersti-kaljulaid/)

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> [I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/i-had-a-really-unusual-remarkably-unusual-father-because-he-in-our/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

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> [I think in Pakistan there is already democracy and no dictatorship. And recently a few years ago, the Pakistani people stood against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahbaz-bhatti/i-think-in-pakistan-there-is-already-democracy-and-no-dictatorship/)

[Shahbaz Bhatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahbaz-bhatti/)

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> [When people in a democracy are not educated in the art of living -- to strengthen their conscience, compassion, and ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-k-chappell/when-people-in-a-democracy-are-not-educated-in-the-art-of-living-to/)

[Paul K. Chappell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-k-chappell/)

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> [When we talk about Cuban democracy we are referring to participatory democracy which is big difference with representative bourgeois democracy. Our is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-castro-espin/when-we-talk-about-cuban-democracy-we-are-referring-to-participatory/)

[Alejandro Castro Espin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-castro-espin/)

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> [“So one time I said to her that she should stop reading it, because it was just depressing, so she was like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/so-one-time-i-said-to-her-that-she-should-stop-reading-it-because-it/)

[M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/)

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> [But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-goring/but-after-all-it-is-the-leaders-of-the-country-who-determine-the/)

[Hermann Goring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-goring/)

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> [Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/democracy-can-thrive-only-when-it-enlists-the-devotion-of-those-whom/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [“As my father once explained to me, our “rights” are only as strong as the democracy that protects them. Because we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/as-my-father-once-explained-to-me-our-rights-are-only-as-strong-as/)

[George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/)

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> [Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj/democracy-literally-means-the-power-of-people-democracy-is-not-about/)

[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj/)

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> [“Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people, democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/democracy-in-books-is-for-the-people-by-the-people-democracy-on/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chrystia-freeland/if-you-believe-in-democracy-than-you-can-t-trash-it-by-being-cynical/)

[Chrystia Freeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chrystia-freeland/)

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> [Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-soros/democracy-by-its-very-nature-can-t-be-imposed-on-people-democracy-has/)

[George Soros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-soros/)

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                        "text": "When we talk about Cuban democracy we are referring to participatory democracy which is big difference with representative bourgeois democracy. Our is a democracy in which everything is consulted with the people; it is a democracy in which every aspect and important decision that has an impact in the life and society of the people, is done in consultation.",
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