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I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'. — Karl Popper

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy. — Monica Johnson

We're living in an age in which everything is allowed, and democracy is being devoured and destroyed by that limitless freedom. — Paulo Coelho

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. — Bernard Baruch

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. — Charles B. Rangel

Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy. — Henry Giroux

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.". — Theodore Parker

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. — Virginia Foxx

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. — Leon Trotsky

Without democracy freedom is a chimera — Octavio Paz

The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within. — Mahatma Gandhi

The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy. — Auliq Ice

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. — Peter Thiel

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery. — Democritus

Democracy means decision by those concerned. — Carl Friedrich Von Weizsacker

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. — John Doolittle

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom. — Shigeru Yoshida

For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. — Pearl S. Buck

The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation. — Alain De Benoist

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. — Alberto Moravia

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy. — Karl Popper

I see it as my duty to take a stand for the Iraqi people, for democracy, freedom and reconciliation. — Ayad Allawi

The principle of democracy is freedom, the principle of war is discipline; each requires the absence of the other. — Will Durant

In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal. — John Allen Fraser

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy. — James E. Rogers

Freedom, democracy, and socialism can only ever exist together; it is impossible to have any one without the other two. — Michel Templet

Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told. — Dave Barry

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point. — Abdoulaye Wade

I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. — Nelson Mandela

Japan and Australia share the universal values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights. — Shinzo Abe

What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy. — Rashid Al-Ghannushi

You call democracy freedom.
I call it corporation. — Jeffrey Fischer

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. — George Soros

Democracy and violence can ill go together. — Mahatma Gandhi

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil. — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Without a strong educational system democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom. — Harry S. Truman

This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement. — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito

I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform. — Ismail Haniyeh

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. — Taslima Nasrin

Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly. — George Weigel

Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement. — Felix Frankfurter

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. — Herbert Marcuse

Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter. — A.E. Samaan

In the modern food landscape, the Krafts, Monsantos, and Archer Daniels Midlands are standing in the way of food democracy. — Brian Halweil

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both. — Dick Gephardt

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny. — Gijs De Vries

We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in these dark times — Joachim Gauck

The first duty of a man is to think for himself — Jose Marti

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle.

Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy
and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks. — Shashi Tharoor

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy. — Tim Ryan

One of the main reasons I came back to Mexico is because I've found freedom and democracy here, something I never found in the United States. — Willie Wells

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. — Mahatma Gandhi

Our democracy is of no use to those who have not been educated to it. Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it. — Sylvia Plath

Simon Wiesenthal told me that any political party in a democracy that uses the word 'freedom' in its name is either Nazi or Communist. — Simon Wiesenthal

secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of — Bill Moyers

LIBERTY!
FREEDOM!
DEMOCRACY!
True anyhow no matter how many
Liars use those words. — Langston Hughes

Democracy is in conflict with individual freedom. — Bruno Leoni

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell. — Plato

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker — Malcolm X

The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom. — Herbert Hoover

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim. — Andrew Carnegie

The more degrees of freedom there are in practice, the wider the discussion and debate can be. — Thomas Newkirk

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. — DeForest Soaries

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. — Olof Palme

There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body. — E.A. Bucchianeri

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. — Lord Hailsham

I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before. — Michael Collins

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. — Dan Rather

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard

Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission. — Bulent Ecevit

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Calm and order can be just as dangerous to democracy as uneasiness and disorder. — Hildegard Hamm-Brucher

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep. — Mahatma Gandhi

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary. — Friedrich Ebert

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility. — Norman Cousins

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi

When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen. — J.S.B. Morse

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues. — Nelson Mandela

[ ... ] pluralism implies religious tolerance, not unchecked religious freedom. — Reza Aslan

You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. — Abbie Hoffman

It's important to remember that peace, liberty and freedom changes many aspects in our thoughts as far as life is concerned. — Auliq Ice

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Welcome, my dear, to the Western world, land of democracy, freedom, and bigotry. — J. Nozipo Maraire

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community. — Bode Miller

Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy. — Wendell Willkie

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries. — David McCullough

I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy. — Narendra Modi

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. — John O. Brennan

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals — Plato

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution! — Albert Einstein

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. — Josephine Baker

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world. — Psy

Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all men are equal? — Louis Pasteur