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title: "2 Plutocracy Quotes By Ramsey Clark"
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> [We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/we-re-not-a-democracy-it-s-a-terrible-misunderstandin-g-and-a-slander/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

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> [Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't had a real choice for a long, long time now. Wealth rules. Corporations rule. The US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/democracy-is-just-a-word-you-have-to-give-it-meaning-the-us-is-not-a/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

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## More by Ramsey Clark

> [Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/most-faults-are-not-in-our-constitution-but-in-ourselves/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [ How dare Americans allow their government to cause such misery \[in the world\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/how-dare-americans-allow-their-government-to-cause-such-misery-in-the/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/turbulence-is-life-force-it-is-opportunity-let-s-love-turbulence-and/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/we-re-not-a-democracy-it-s-a-terrible-misunderstandin-g-and-a-slander/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/a-great-many-people-in-this-country-are-worried-about-law-and-order/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/islam-is-the-only-religion-that-gives-dignity-to-the-poor/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/democracy-is-just-a-word-you-have-to-give-it-meaning-the-us-is-not-a/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [The United States is not nearly so concerned that its acts be kept secret from its intended victims as it is that the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/the-united-states-is-not-nearly-so-concerned-that-its-acts-be-kept/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [The Christian Church overwhelmingly - there are exceptions - who choose to call Muhammad a terrorist. They could call Jesus a terrorist too. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/the-christian-church-overwhelmingly-there-are-exceptions-who-choose/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Both trials are marred with injustice, both are flawed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/both-trials-are-marred-with-injustice-both-are-flawed/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been impaired, judicial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/our-history-shows-that-the-death-penalty-has-been-unjustly-imposed/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/our-first-concern-is-the-security-of-the-lawyers-because-without/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/there-are-few-better-measures-of-the-concern-a-society-has-for-its/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not undo the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/our-emotions-may-cry-for-vengeance-in-the-wake-of-a-horrible-crime/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

> [This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-clark/this-country-of-ours-has-committed-the-most-serious-act-of-aggression/)

[Ramsey Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-clark/)

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