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title: "4 Vigorous Democracy Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-poppendieck/charity-erodes-the-cultural-prerequisites-for-a-vigorous-democracy/)

[Janet Poppendieck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-poppendieck/)

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> [A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/a-vigorous-democracy-a-democracy-in-which-there-are-freedom-from-want/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

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> [South Korea is a vigorous democracy, with strong judicial institutions and a commitment to the rule of law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lidington/south-korea-is-a-vigorous-democracy-with-strong-judicial-institutions/)

[David Lidington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lidington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/david-lidington-7277_commitment_south-korea-is-a-vigorous-democracy-with_1844863.jpg)

> [Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/optimism-comes-less-easily-today-not-because-democracy-is-less/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/ronald-reagan-119_democracy_optimism-comes-less-easily-today-not-bec_2009480.jpg)

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