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Quotes about democracy
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant. (Luxemburg Rosa)
All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy. (Luxemburg Rosa)
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. (Luxemburg Rosa)
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I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct -- nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. (Luxemburg Rosa)
I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. (Luxemburg Rosa)
America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it. (Luxemburg Rosa)
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic. (Luxemburg Rosa)
The world must be made safe for democracy. (Luxemburg Rosa)
President Bush announced tonight that he believes in democracy and that democracy can exist in Iraq. They can have a strong economy,they can have a good health care plan, and they can have a free and fair voting. Iraq? We can't even get this in Florida. (Luxemburg Rosa)
He obviously believes that the process of democratic elections should be accelerated. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid (Luxemburg Rosa)
Almost half of them have voted for a new beginning. Despite the climate of fear, the people of Zimbabwe showed that they expect, and that they deserve, a much greater level of democracy. (Luxemburg Rosa)
a Democratic Senate prevents Republicans from privatizing Social Security, so that no American has to live with doubt about their retirement. (Luxemburg Rosa)
as close to a betrayal of the interests of the United States as I’ve ever witnessed in the United States Congress. It’s unforgivable and reprehensible. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Clearly this test the limits of constitutionality under First Amendment laws, … I think it’s very difficult to legally and constitutionally to say to third party groups that they can’t spend their money the way they want to. (Luxemburg Rosa)
I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate (Luxemburg Rosa)
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. (Luxemburg Rosa)
Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives. (Luxemburg Rosa)
I think democracy is under attack in our country. I think it was under attack before September 11th, and now is under rather harsh attack. (Luxemburg Rosa)
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out. (Luxemburg Rosa)
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