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We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy.

The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.