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To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal government.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. — Edward Bond
War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society… — Dennis Hastert
It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here to protect....If we are able… — Learned Hand
Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or of… — Unknown Author
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice. — Learned Hand
Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced. — Margaret Halsey
There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I… — Langston Hughes
Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and spiritual beings. — Robert M. Hutchins
This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. — James Weldon Johnson
America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when free elections are… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all… — Jawaharlal Nehru
Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one sought… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy. — Octavio Paz
Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and… — A. Philip Randolph
Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Words like 'freedom', 'justice' and 'democracy' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It… — James A. Baldwin
Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice. — Kim Dae-jung
We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same thing and say… — Terry Tempest Williams
When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of money. The real safety of our nation is preparing this next generation… — Geoffrey Canada
Children are prepared for democracy by being led to discuss current events without first learning the systematic subjects (politics, economics, history) which are necessary in… — Murray Rothbard
What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education. — Mahatma Gandhi
There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide. — Samuel Adams

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