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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.