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Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something. — Robert A. Heinlein
History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The realization… — Olof Palme
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by… — Noam Chomsky
The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves. — Torbjorn Tannsjo
Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year we deliberately introduce… — Brooks Stevens
I am convinced that both markets and free trade are good, but the traditional answer that we give to students to explain why they are… — Paul Romer
The socialism of centralised state control of industry and production, is dead. It misunderstood the nature and development of a modern market economy. It failed… — Tony Blair
Conservatism must be based on allowing everyone to become an owner - equity for everyman. — John Redwood
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others. — Albert Einstein
Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states. — George Soros
Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. — Chris Mooney
I would be remiss, as a scientist who studied this, if I didn't mention the following two things: The first is that, most importantly, we… — John Miller
They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we make decisions based on: "How… — Jane Goodall
Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . . — Jeannette Rankin
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial… — Kofi Annan
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied… — Nelson Mandela
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. — Andrey Illarionov
There is no strong evidence to prove significant human influence on climate on a global basis. The global cooling trend from 1940 to 1970 is… — Peter Stilbs
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is… — Frederick Seitz

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