"We're not perfect, but we do have democracy." — Hugo Chavez

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• Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
• In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the… — Aristotle
• Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
• If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best… — Aristotle
• Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
• Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
• I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings… — Richard Armitage
• Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of… — Richard Armour
• Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
• A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
• Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and… — Chinua Achebe
• Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,… — Margaret Atwood

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