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“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.”
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“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”
Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
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“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)
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“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.”
Louis L'Amour quotes (American writer, best-selling author, 1908-1988)
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“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.”
Aristotle quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC)
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“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
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“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group,”
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes (American 32nd US President (1933-45), cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president. 1882-1945)
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“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national election”
Bill Vaughn quotes (American industry author, mentor and subject-matter expert)
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“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear”
Alan Coren quotes
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“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams quotes (American 6th US President (1825-29), eldest son of John Adams, 2nd US president. 1767-1848)
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