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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.

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.

On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.

The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy.

To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem.

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.

The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.

We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have given their lives so that all of us may be free and that our democracy can be a shining light for the rest of the world.

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.